单词 | white of egg |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite of egg(s) 1. The clear viscous fluid which surrounds the yolk of an egg and becomes white when heated or otherwise coagulated; = albumen n. 1. Also (as a count noun): a quantity of such fluid contained in a single egg. Frequently in white of an egg; also (as mass noun) white of egg(s).Also called egg white (see egg white n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > white or albumen whiteeOE albuginousness1599 albumen1599 ovalbumin1835 albumin1850 egg albumin1871 ovoalbumin1873 egg white1898 eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. lix. 342 Gedo æges hwit to. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) ii. 196 Sceawa nu on anum æge hu þæt hwite ne bið gemengd to ðam geolcan. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 15 Nim attrumu and huniȝ and þæt hwita of æȝe [L. albumen ovorum], meng togadere. c1300 St. Michael (Harl.) in T. Wright Pop. Treat. Sci. (1841) 137 As the white goth aboute the ȝolke. 1381 Diuersa Servicia in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 65 (MED) For to make brymes: Nym þe þarmys of a pygge & wasch hem clene..Nym wytys of eyryn & knede it wyþ flour, & mak smal pelotys. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) 30 Putte þerto als miche of whites of eiren, wele y-bette and scomed. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 24 Take whyȝte of eyren harde soþun. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F.ijv The yolke is temperately hotte: The whyte is colde and clammye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job vi. 6 What taist hath ye whyte within the yoke an egg? 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 104 Ile fetch some flaxe and whites of egges to apply to his bleeding face. View more context for this quotation 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 701 Like a squissed egge, whose yolke is mingled with its white. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 176 The tops of Nettles..mix'd with a few whites of raw Eggs, applied to the Fore-head..is us'd to procure Sleep. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 283 A mucous..like the white of an egg. 1843 J. Liebig Familiar Lett. Chem. viii. 86 A coagulum is formed..when the serum of blood, or the white of an egg, diluted with water, are heated to the boiling point. 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 31 The white of egg, which is a very pure form of Albumen. 1922 A. Bradley Cooking for Profit iii. 42 The whites can be used in frosting, meringues or cake. 1968 Changing Times Apr. 30/3 Occasionally when I hard-boil eggs there is a greenish tinge at the edge of the yolk and the white. 2011 New Yorker 17 Jan. 39/2 My mom mimosaed eggs—forcing hard-cooked whites and then hard-cooked yolks through a fine sieve. < as lemmas |
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