Nest, 1) the bed formed by a bird for incubation and feeding its young: Ven. 532. Lucr. 849. Lucr. 849 Phoen. 56. Tp. II, 2, 173. Err. IV, 2, 27. Ado II, 1, 230. Ado II, 1, 230 As IV, 1, 208 (allusion to the proverb: it is a foul bird that defiles her own nest) All's IV, 3, 319. John V, 2, 150. H4A V, 1, 61. H5 I, 2, 170. H6C II, 2, 31. R3 I, 3, 270. IV, 4, 424. Tit. II, 3, 154. Rom. II, 5, 76. Mcb. IV, 2, 11. Ant. IV, 12, 4. Cymb. III, 3, 28. III, 4, 142.
2) the place where some insects breed: “a wasps' n.” Wint. IV, 4, 814. “a scorpion's n.” H6B III, 2, 86.
3) any place of abode: “see here the tainture of thy n.” H6B II, 1, 188. Used of a grave: “to inter his noble nephew here in virtue's n.” Tit. I, 376. “come from that n. of death,” Rom. V, 3, 151.
4) a pack, a faction: “a n. of traitors,” Wint. II, 3, 81. “France hath in thee found out a n. of hollow bosoms,” H5 II Chor. H5 II Chor.