Part 3628

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Egg</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. Icel. <ets>egg</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>\'91g</ets> (whence OE. <ets>ey</ets>), Sw. <ets>\'84gg</ets>, Dan. <ets>\'91g</ets>, G. & D. <ets>ei</ets>, and prob. to OSlav. <ets>aje</ets>, <ets>jaje</ets>, L. <ets>ovum</ets>, Gr. <?/, Ir. <ets>ugh</ets>, Gael. <ets>ubh</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>avis</ets> bird. Cf. <er>Oval</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Popularly)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything resembling an egg in form.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Egg</i> is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, <i>egg</i> beater or <i>egg</i>-beater, <i>egg</i> case, <i>egg</i> ladle, <i>egg</i>-shaped, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Egg and anchor</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; -- called also <altname>egg and dart</altname>, and <altname>egg and tongue</altname>. See <er>Anchor</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 5.</cd> <i>Ogilvie</i>. -- <col>Egg cleavage</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See <cref>Segmentation of the ovum</cref>, under <er>Segmentation</er>.</cd> -- <col>Egg development</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed.</cd> -- <col>Egg mite</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as <spn>Nothrus ovivorus</spn>, which destroys those of the canker worm.</cd> -- <col>Egg parasite</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.</cd></cs>

<h1>Egg</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Egged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Egging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>eggen</ets>, Icel. <ets>eggja</ets>, fr. <ets>egg</ets> edge. <?/<?/. See <er>Edge</er>.]</ety> <def>To urge on; to instigate; to incite<?/</def>

<blockquote>Adam and Eve he <b>egged</b> to ill. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> did <b>egg</b> him on to tell How fair she was. <i>Warner.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eggar</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Eg"gar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any bombycid moth of the genera <spn>Eriogaster</spn> and <spn>Lasiocampa</spn>; <as>as, the oak <ex>eggar</ex> (<spn>L. roboris</spn>) of Europe.</as></def>

<h1>Egg-bird</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg"-bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (<spn>Sterna fuliginosa</spn>) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, <spn>Pha\'89thon flavirostris</spn>.</def>

<h1>Egg-cup</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg"-cup`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cup used for holding an egg, at table.</def>

<h1>Eggement</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Eg"ge*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Egg</ets>, v. t. + <ets>-ment</ets>.]</ety> <def>Instigation; incitement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Egger</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Egg</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>One who gathers eggs; an eggler.</def>

<h1>Egger</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Egg</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>One who eggs or incites.</def>

<h1>Eggery</h1> <Xpage=473>

<hw>Egg"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Egg-glass</h1> <Xpage=473>