n. [ OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. æg (whence OE. ey), Sw. ägg, Dan. æg, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr.
☞ Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Egg and anchor (Arch.),
Egg cleavage (Biol.),
Egg development (Biol.),
Egg mite (Zoöl.),
Egg parasite (Zoöl.),
v. t.
Adam and Eve he egged to ill. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ She ] did egg him on to tell
How fair she was. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. same as egg-and-dart.
n. same as egg-and-dart.
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zoöl.) Any bombycid moth of the genera
n. (Zoöl.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaëthon flavirostris. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cup used for holding an egg, at table. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Egg, v. t. + -ment. ] Instigation; incitement. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]