The bed or
receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching
and rearing her young.
Hence: the place in which the eggs of
other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a
snug place in which young animals are reared.
A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or
situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who
occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same
pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of
bugs.
An aggregated mass of any
ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like,
of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
A compact group of pulleys,
gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
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