Part 1419

<h1>Bronzy</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronz"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like bronze.</def>

<h1>Brooch</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brooch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Broach</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.</def>

<blockquote>Honor 's a good <b>brooch</b> to wear in a man's hat. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.</def>

<h1>Brooch</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brooch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brooched</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</ety> <def>To adorn as with a brooch.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Brood</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brod</ets>, AS. <ets>br\'d3d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>broed</ets>, OHG. <ets>bruot</ets>, G. <ets>brut</ets>, and also to G. <ets>br\'81he</ets> broth, MHG. <ets>br\'81eje</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>brawn</ets>, <ets>breath</ets>. Cf. <er>Breed</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; <as>as, a <ex>brood</ex> of chicken</as>.</def>

<blockquote>As a hen doth gather her <b>brood</b> under her wings. <i>Luke xiii. 34.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A hen followed by a <b>brood</b> of ducks. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; <as>as, a woman with a <ex>brood</ex> of children</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The lion roars and gluts his tawny <b>brood</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is bred or produced; breed; species.</def>

<blockquote>Flocks of the airy <b>brood</b>, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.</def>

<cs><col>To sit on brood</col>, <cd>to ponder. <mark>[Poetic]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Brood</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brood</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Kept for breeding from; <as>as, a <ex>brood</ex> mare; <i>brood</i> stock</as>; having young; <as>as, a <ex>brood</ex> sow</as>.</def>

<h1>Brood</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Brood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Brooded</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Brooding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.</def>

<blockquote>Birds of calm sir <b>brooding</b> on the charmed wave. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by <i>over</i> or <i>on</i>; <as>as, to <ex>brood</ex> over misfortunes</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Brooding</b> on unprofitable gold. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Brooding</b> over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>