- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
- (v.t.) To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
- (n.) A collection of boxes, cases or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- (n.) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- (v.i.) To build and occupy a nest.
- (v.t.) To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
- (n.) A collection of boxes, cases or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- (v.i.) To build and occupy a nest.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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