Egesta
(||E*ges"ta) n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. egere. See Egest.] (Physiol.) That which
is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; — opposed to
ingesta.
Egestion
(E*ges"tion) n. [L. egestio.] Act or process of egesting; a voiding. Sir M. Hale.
Egg
(Egg) n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. æg Sw. ägg, Dan. æg, 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.
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 (Zoöl.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys
those of the canker worm. — Egg parasite (Zoöl.), 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. Eggar
(Eg"gar) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as,
the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.
Egg-bird
(Egg"-bird`) 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.
Egg-cup
(Egg"-cup`) n. A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
Eggement
(Eg"ge*ment) n. [Egg, v. t. + -ment.] Instigation; incitement. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Egger
(Egg"er) n. [See Egg, n.] One who gathers eggs; an eggler.
Egger
(Egg"er), n. [See Egg, v. t.] One who eggs or incites.
Eggery
(Egg"er*y) n. A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs. [R.]
Egg-glass
(Egg"-glass`) n. A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling
eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.
