Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Egg \Egg\, n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g (whence OE.
ey), Sw. ["a]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav.
aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh.
to L. avis bird. Cf. {Oval}.]
1. (Popularly) 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. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the
young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.
3. Anything resembling an egg in form.
Note: 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.
{Egg and anchor} (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating
with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the
ovolo; -- called also {egg and dart}, and {egg and
tongue}. See {Anchor}, n., 5. --Ogilvie.
{Egg cleavage} (Biol.), 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 {Segmentation of the
ovum}, under {Segmentation}.
{Egg development} (Biol.), the process of the development of
an egg, by which the embryo is formed.
{Egg mite} (Zo["o]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of
insects, as {Nothrus ovivorus}, which destroys those of
the canker worm.
{Egg parasite} (Zo["o]l.), any small hymenopterous insect,
which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other
insects. Many genera and species are known.
Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Egged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Egging}.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. ??. See
{Edge}.]
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.
Source : WordNet®
egg
n 1: animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo
together with nutritive and protective envelopes;
especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by
e.g. female birds
2: oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as
food [syn: {eggs}]
3: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce
spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the
balls and got away" [syn: {testis}, {testicle}, {orchis},
{ball}, {ballock}, {bollock}, {nut}]
egg
v 1: throw eggs at
2: coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"