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† ˈgallature Obs.
[ad. It. gallatura, f. gallare to fecundate (an egg), f. gallo cock; the word may have been also mod.Lat.]
The germ in an egg.
1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxvii. 151 Whether it [the chicken] be not made out of the grando, gallature, germe or tredde of the egge..doth seem of lesser doubt. 1658― Gard. Cyrus iii. 52 Whether it be not more rational Epicurisme to contrive whole dishes out of the nebbes..then from the Gallatures and treddles of Egges. |