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In some senses, abrood is marked as obsolete, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adv
Upon a brood; on a hatch.
The word in the original (as St. Hierom tells us from the Hebrew traditions) implies, that the Spirit of God sat abrood upon the whole rude mass, as birds upon their eggs, […]
Mischief.
adj
Upon a brood; hatching eggs.
Mischief.