eggshelln.

Forms: Also egg-shell.

Etymology: < egg n. + shell n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeggshell.

a. The shell or external calcareous covering of an egg; often as a type of worthlessness or of fragility.

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the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > part of

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oorhodeine1875

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering > shell of an egg or fish

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > egg > egg-shell

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless > types of

eggshell1550

new nothing1577

earth?1592

shuck1851

putty medal1893

garbage can1922

c1300 K. Alis 577 He fondith to creope..Ageyn into the ay-schelle.

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy viii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 171 Fro Eggshells calcynyd.

1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Civ^v I gat not so muche..As..a poore egshell.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner To Rdrs. sig. Aa2 I haue put into a by-dish (like Eg-shelles in an Saucer) what worthily may breed offence.

a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 57 Without the Kings acceptation, both the publicke and priuate aduices be but as emptie Egg-shels.

1799 C. Hatchett in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 328 The carbonate of lime exceeds in quantity the phosphate..in the egg shells of birds.

1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 63/1 The pores of the egg-shell may be easily stopped by any..oily matter.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 65 He..babbled.., How Enid never..cared a broken egg-shell for her lord.

b. attributive, chiefly similative. eggshell china: a porcelain ware of extreme thinness and delicacy.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > very

eggshell china1835

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlv. 52 We..stepping into an egg-shell caique, crossed the Golden Horn.

1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 238 We come out of our eggshell existence.

1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 31 Fragile and sweetly pretty little egg-shell porcelain cups.

1887 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 The egg-shell sides of the Mercury.

c. Used attributively or as adj. as a term of colour or of a paint finish intermediate between flat and glossy, e.g. eggshell enamel, eggshell finish, eggshell glaze. (See also quot. 1929).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [adjective] > types of paint > type of paint finish

natural1888

eggshell1894

1894 F. B. Gardner Painters' Encycl. 119 Egg-shell gloss, a term frequently used by painters.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 8/3 A costume of egg-shell blue cheque silk.

1908 Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 3/3 The sun is reflected by its front of dull white terra-cotta stone with egg-shell glaze.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 5/2 People argue of paints, and enamels, and varnishes, and..whether the true ‘egg-shell gloss’ has been obtained or not.

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. 25 Sept. 684/1 That beautiful, characteristic, velvety, egg-shell enamel is highly artistic.

1925 Arts & Decoration Mar. 82/2 The egg-shell finish of the freshly laid egg..is the dull finish the decorators now prefer.

1929 A. E. Owen-Jones Retail Stationer's Handbk. 193 Eggshell Finish, a finish imparted to notepapers by omitting the calendering; the surface is dull, and is covered with pin-point pores.

1936 C. Day Lewis Friendly Tree vii. 96 A sky of egg-shell blue.

1943 W. Wilcox in 55 Short Stories from N. Yorker (1949) 139 She was wearing dark blue..and a neat little eggshell blouse.

1953 Gloss. Paint Terms (B.S.I.) 27 The following stages in increasing order of gloss are normally recognized:—Flat (or matt)... Eggshell flat. Eggshell gloss.

1955 E. Bowen World of Love v. 88 Electric candelabra..round all the eggshell walls.

1958 Woman 22 Feb. 2/1 Gloss, matt, flat, eggshell paints go over themselves or each other.

Derivatives

eggshell-ful n. as a measure of quantity.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles

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watch-glassful1830

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eyeful1853

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troughful1877

tankful1887

teapotful1895

walletful1909

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 24 An eye-schelle ful of good brennynge watir.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 73 Drink an egshelfull of the iuice of Betony.

1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxxiv. 258 I found about an Egg-shell full of purulent Serosity.

1746 G. Berkeley Second Let. Tar-water §14 An egg-shell full of tar.

Draft additions December 2005

to walk on eggshells and variants: to be extremely cautious in one's actions or words, esp. so as to avoid offending or angering others. Cf. to tread upon eggs at egg n. 4a(b).

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1860 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 14 Apr. 4/1 With that woman for my enemy,..I walk, in your English phrase, upon egg-shells!

1913 E. Rhys Lyric Poetry iv. 36 To speak of these things is to walk on egg-shells.

1969 R. Salerno & J. S. Tompkins Crime Confederation 137 During this time we sensed that the men on both sides were walking on eggshells, everyone very careful and circumspect.

1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 54/3 Danger sign 4. He suffers from mood swings—you tread on eggshells because there's no knowing what will set him off.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eggshell
释义	eggshelln. Forms: Also egg-shell. Etymology: < egg n. + shell n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeggshell. a. The shell or external calcareous covering of an egg; often as a type of worthlessness or of fragility. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > part of eggshellc1300 doupa1598 chicken knot1615 eye1653 oorhodeine1875 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > hard or protective covering > shell of an egg or fish shellc725 shella900 eggshellc1300 shale1561 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > egg > egg-shell eggshellc1300 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless > types of eggshell1550 new nothing1577 earth?1592 shuck1851 putty medal1893 garbage can1922 c1300 K. Alis 577 He fondith to creope..Ageyn into the ay-schelle. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy viii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 171 Fro Eggshells calcynyd. 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Civ^v I gat not so muche..As..a poore egshell. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner To Rdrs. sig. Aa2 I haue put into a by-dish (like Eg-shelles in an Saucer) what worthily may breed offence. a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 57 Without the Kings acceptation, both the publicke and priuate aduices be but as emptie Egg-shels. 1799 C. Hatchett in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 328 The carbonate of lime exceeds in quantity the phosphate..in the egg shells of birds. 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 63/1 The pores of the egg-shell may be easily stopped by any..oily matter. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 65 He..babbled.., How Enid never..cared a broken egg-shell for her lord. b. attributive, chiefly similative. eggshell china: a porcelain ware of extreme thinness and delicacy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > very eggshell china1835 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlv. 52 We..stepping into an egg-shell caique, crossed the Golden Horn. 1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 238 We come out of our eggshell existence. 1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 31 Fragile and sweetly pretty little egg-shell porcelain cups. 1887 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 The egg-shell sides of the Mercury. c. Used attributively or as adj. as a term of colour or of a paint finish intermediate between flat and glossy, e.g. eggshell enamel, eggshell finish, eggshell glaze. (See also quot. 1929). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [adjective] > types of paint > type of paint finish natural1888 eggshell1894 1894 F. B. Gardner Painters' Encycl. 119 Egg-shell gloss, a term frequently used by painters. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 8/3 A costume of egg-shell blue cheque silk. 1908 Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 3/3 The sun is reflected by its front of dull white terra-cotta stone with egg-shell glaze. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 5/2 People argue of paints, and enamels, and varnishes, and..whether the true ‘egg-shell gloss’ has been obtained or not. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. 25 Sept. 684/1 That beautiful, characteristic, velvety, egg-shell enamel is highly artistic. 1925 Arts & Decoration Mar. 82/2 The egg-shell finish of the freshly laid egg..is the dull finish the decorators now prefer. 1929 A. E. Owen-Jones Retail Stationer's Handbk. 193 Eggshell Finish, a finish imparted to notepapers by omitting the calendering; the surface is dull, and is covered with pin-point pores. 1936 C. Day Lewis Friendly Tree vii. 96 A sky of egg-shell blue. 1943 W. Wilcox in 55 Short Stories from N. Yorker (1949) 139 She was wearing dark blue..and a neat little eggshell blouse. 1953 Gloss. Paint Terms (B.S.I.) 27 The following stages in increasing order of gloss are normally recognized:—Flat (or matt)... Eggshell flat. Eggshell gloss. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love v. 88 Electric candelabra..round all the eggshell walls. 1958 Woman 22 Feb. 2/1 Gloss, matt, flat, eggshell paints go over themselves or each other. Derivatives eggshell-ful n. as a measure of quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles fontfulc1405 shellfulc1450 eggshell-fula1475 cruseful1561 mangerful1600 thimbleful1607 hornful1610 vatful1632 flask1730 fanful1807 urnful1820 watch-glassful1830 thimble1841 eyeful1853 vaseful1856 kettleful1862 sink1868 sinkful1873 troughful1877 tankful1887 teapotful1895 walletful1909 a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 24 An eye-schelle ful of good brennynge watir. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 73 Drink an egshelfull of the iuice of Betony. 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxxiv. 258 I found about an Egg-shell full of purulent Serosity. 1746 G. Berkeley Second Let. Tar-water §14 An egg-shell full of tar. Draft additions December 2005 to walk on eggshells and variants: to be extremely cautious in one's actions or words, esp. so as to avoid offending or angering others. Cf. to tread upon eggs at egg n. 4a(b). ΚΠ 1860 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 14 Apr. 4/1 With that woman for my enemy,..I walk, in your English phrase, upon egg-shells! 1913 E. Rhys Lyric Poetry iv. 36 To speak of these things is to walk on egg-shells. 1969 R. Salerno & J. S. Tompkins Crime Confederation 137 During this time we sensed that the men on both sides were walking on eggshells, everyone very careful and circumspect. 1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 54/3 Danger sign 4. 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