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hen-egg
Forms: see egg.
[In OE. two words, with henne in genitive; later treated as a compound; in mod.Eng. hen's egg is more commonly used.]
The egg of a hen.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 38 Hænne æges ᵹeolocan. 13..Coer de L. 2841 For an hen..Men gaff off penys fiften schillings. For an hen-ay penes unlevene. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 75 Oon hen ey. 1620Venner Via Recta v. 83 Neither must this be vnderstood of all kindes of Egges, but of Hen-Egges onely. 1641French Distill. i. (1651) 39 Take Hen-egs boyled hard. [1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. Wks. 1772 I. 57 We likewise conveyed hens eggs into the receiver.] 1763Wesley Jrnl. 2 Nov. (1827) III. 150 Some of the hail-stones were larger than hen-eggs. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 149 The albumen of a duck-egg coagulates with less heat than that of the hen-egg. 1900Daily News 23 July 5/1 When they [sc. hailstones] attain the size of hen-eggs..the matter is beyond a joke. 1961Ann. Reg. 1960 508 The guaranteed prices for..hen eggs..were reduced. |