EGG

I. transitive verb see: edge Date: 13th century to incite to action, II. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old Norse ~; akin to Old English ǣg ~, Latin ovum, Greek ōion Date: 14th century 1. the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken, an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence, ovum , something resembling an ~, person , sort , ~less adjective ~y adjective III. transitive verb Date: 1833 to cover with ~, to pelt with ~s