Egg

  • 41egg — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE S EGGS IN ONE BASKET, ROTTEN EGG …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42egg — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge more at edge Date: 13th century to incite to action usually used with on < egged the mob on to riot > II. noun Usage: often attributive Etym …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 43Egg —    (Heb. beytsah, whiteness ). Eggs deserted (Isa. 10:14), of a bird (Deut. 22:6), an ostrich (Job 39:14), the cockatrice (Isa. 59:5). In Luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion, which is said to be very like an egg in its appearance, so …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 44egg — See: bad egg, good egg, kill the goose that laid the golden egg, lay an egg, put all one s eggs in one basket, rotten egg …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 45egg — 1. noun /ɛɡ,eɪɡ/ a) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development. I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise. b) The …

    Wiktionary

  • 46egg — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. egg cell, ovum, embryo; oval. See beginning, reproduction, rotundity. v. incite, goad. See cause. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ovum, seed, germ, spawn, roe, bud, embryo, nucleus, cell, berry*, hen fruit*.&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 47egg — egg1 noun 1》 an oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate and containing an ovum which if fertilized can develop into a new organism.     ↘an infertile egg, typically of the domestic hen, used for food. 2》 Biology …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 48Egg —    In the Phoenician Creation Legends of Philo Byblos, Mot, the primeval egg, was the child of Wind and Desire (Potos).    In the Phoenician Creation Legend of Mochus, the egg was produced by Oulomos and when broken gave rise to Ouranos and Gea.&#8230; …

    Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

  • 49egg — 1) a fish egg, varying in size from under 1.0 mm to 6.0 mm or more, and of various colours 2) a simple type of fly tied in imitation of a fish egg from yarn, usually orange or pink, and fished along the bottom …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 50egg — Synonyms and related words: Anlage, albumen, boiled eggs, bud, caviar, coddled eggs, deviled eggs, dropped eggs, egg cell, egg white, eggs, eggshell, embryo, female gamete, fish eggs, fried eggs, germ, germen, glair, loins, nucleus, omelet,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus