† eggern.1
Obsolete.
One who urges on or incites; an instigator. Also egger on.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates
prickera1382
stirrerc1384
enticerc1386
exciter1387
risera1398
solicitor1412
erterc1440
prompter1440
stirrer?1533
motionerc1535
author1546
onsetter1549
stinger1552
setter-on1560
incentor1570
incensora1575
mover1578
whetter1579
out-hounder1596
hounder1597
egger on1598
inciter1598
instigator1598
urger1598
motive1600
fomenter1607
inflamer1609
fetcher in?1611
provokera1616
putter-ona1616
monitor1616
spurrer1632
outputter1639
poddera1640
commoter1646
impulsor1653
shaker and mover1874
agent provocateur1888
impeller1889
sooler1935
spark plug1941
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 120 I wish the ill yeare to his Eggars and setters on.
1605 Answer Supposed Discov. Romish Doctr. 37 The eggers and instruments of all those slaughters.
1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 524 An egger on, impulsor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
eggern.2
/ˈɛɡə/, U.S. /ˈɛɡər/ One who collects (wild fowls') eggs.
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the world > life > biology > collection or conservation of natural specimens > [noun] > egg-collecting > one who collects eggs
egger1834
egg-man1886
1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 370 Turtles..deposit their eggs in the burning sand, and clouds of sea-fowl arrive every spring for the same purpose. These are followed by persons called ‘Eggers’.
1850 S. Allen in D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard App. 310 A class of persons called ‘eggers’, who follow..the avocation of procuring the eggs of wild birds.
1875 Bp. Hannington in Dawson Life (1887) viii. 109 And to the eggers of this isle The emu's egg she shows.
1908 Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 3/7 Driven out of Cornwall by the ‘Eggers’ a few pairs for a time managed to breed..in South Wales.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
eggern.3
/ˈɛɡə/ A collector's name for various species of moths, esp. the Oak Egger-moth ( Bombyx quercus).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lasiocampidae > member of (egger or lappet)
egger?1705
lappet-moth1816
lappet1857
lasiocampid1895
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > bombyx quercus (egger)
egger?1705
?1705 B. W. Bowles New Coll. Eng. Moths Pl. I The Great Egger Moth.
1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects Descr. Pl. xviii It spun itself..a britle brown Case b, in form of an Egg, like Caterpillar a in the next plate; for which reason they are called by some the great and small Egger.
1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 21.
1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 89 The caterpillar of that fine large insect, the Oak Egger-moth, is said to feed on the leaves of the Heath.
1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 41 The Pale Oak Eggar (Trichiura cratægi); the Small Eggar (Eriogaster lanestris); the Oak Eggar (Bombyx quercus); the Grass Eggar (Bombyx trifolii).
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 3/2 An oak-egger has been seen in Hyde Park.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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