Usually means: Hen incubating eggs to hatch.
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  1. setting hen: Merriam-Webster
  2. setting hen: Vocabulary.com
  3. setting hen: Dictionary.com
  4. setting hen: Rhymezone
  5. setting hen: FreeDictionary.org
  6. setting hen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. setting hen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. setting hen: Encyclopedia

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noun:  a domestic hen ready to brood


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