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noun

Nest n.

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. "The birds of the air have nests."

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. "A little cottage, like some poor man's nest."

(Geol.) 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.

(Mech.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.

verb

Nest v. t. To put into a nest; to form a nest for. "From him who nested himself into the chief power."

Nest v. i. To build and occupy a nest. "The king of birds nested within his leaves."

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Etymology of 'Nest'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nest" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the right of the door, sir. The first twelve shallow shelves, counting from the top, sir. They contain a fair selection of our various cravats. Replicas in bulk are to be found in the third nest of drawers ...

— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

... brethren laid a tree across a chasm, and St. Francis hid himself in a more lonely place, where no one might hear him when he cried out; and a falcon, which had its nest hard by his cell, woke him for matins, and according as he was more weary or sickly at one time than another, that feathered brother, having compassion on him, woke him later or sooner, and all the long day was at hand to give ...

— A Child's Book of Saints • William Canton

... the nest of the large red ant; these collect and glue the leaves together, forming a cavity for the deposition of their larvae. The best mode of destroying them is to hang a portion of some animal substance, such as the entrails of a fowl, fish, &c., to the end ...

— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds

... circumstances would not be bad . . . I, too, I know a little about such things. I also have a nest belonging to me. My father was one of the ...

— Twenty-six and One and Other Stories • Maksim Gorky

... divided into two parts: one bears the name of "Kan Tsippor" ([Hebrew]), "The bird's nest," and treats of the Massorah of the Psalms, i.e., their divisions, accents, vowels, grammatical forms, and letters necessary for the preservation of the text; and the other, the name of "Gan Perakhim" ([Hebrew]), "The garden of flowers," ...

— Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I • Sir Moses Montefiore

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