Definition of egg

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Egg (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..

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Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Ovum :: Ovum (n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle..
Noodle :: Noodle (n.) A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup..
Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs..
Eggnog :: Eggnog (n.) A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits..
Baker-legged :: Baker-legged (a.) Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts o
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Meringue :: Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added..
Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle..
Canter :: Canter (n.) One who cants or whines; a beggar.
Abegge :: Abegge () Same as Aby.
Vagrant :: Vagrant (n.) One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
Blow :: Blow (n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it..
Leggin :: Leggin (n.) A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter..
Dreggish :: Dreggish (a.) Foul with lees; feculent.
Incubate :: Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis..
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