Egg

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Anything resembling an egg in form.

II. Egg ·vt To urge on; to Instigate; to incite/.

III. Egg ·noun A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

IV. Egg ·noun 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.