EGG

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

2.
n.

A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

3.
n.

Anything resembling an egg in form.

4.
v.

To urge on; to instigate; to incite Adam and Eve he egged to ill. Piers Plowman. [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. Warner.


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