wind-eggn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndˌɛɡ/

Etymology: < wind n.¹ + egg n. Compare German, Low German, Dutch windei.

a. An imperfect or unproductive egg, esp. one with a soft shell, such as may be laid by hens and other domestic birds.

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

addle eggc1275

goose-eggc1394

wind-egg1398

pigeon's egg1651

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > that which is imperfect

wind-egg1398

rib-roast1654

wastera1800

semi-form1836

spoil1892

square wheels1924

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > types of ovum

wind-egg1398

water egg1577

hypenemy1668

wormseed1733

pseudovum1858

unfertile1891

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xix. lxxix. (Add. MS. 27944) Wynde eyren beþ litel and vnsauory... And suche eyren beþ yfounde in hennes & gees.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 169 The Hennes wyl treade one the others, but theyr Egges neuer come to good, but are wind Egges.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harde,..an egge laied with a soft skin, or filme (about it) in stead of a shell; a soft-sheld egge; a wind egge.

1741 J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 273 (note) Varro affirms it as a certain truth, that about Lisbon some mares conceive by the wind, at a certain season, as hens conceive what is called a wind egg.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 721 Hens will lay what are called wind eggs, that is, eggs without a hardened shell.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 198 Want of calcareous food may explain the soft-shelled or ‘wind’ eggs.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) i. sig. B2^v Other men with all their delicates, and healthfull diets, can get but winde egges.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 3 From such a wind-egg of definition as this, they who expect any of his other arguments to bee well hatcht [etc.].

1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum ii. vi. 237 The pretended division of Provinces so early among the Apostles, is only the wind-egge of a working fancy, that wants a shell of reason to cover it.

1826 T. L. Beddoes Let. Oct. in Wks. (1935) 621 Here is a Dr. Raupach who lays a tragedy or two in the year—mostly windeggs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wind-egg
释义	wind-eggn. Brit. /ˈwɪndɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈwɪndˌɛɡ/ Etymology: < wind n.¹ + egg n. Compare German, Low German, Dutch windei. a. An imperfect or unproductive egg, esp. one with a soft shell, such as may be laid by hens and other domestic birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > type of addle eggc1275 goose-eggc1394 wind-egg1398 pigeon's egg1651 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > that which is imperfect wind-egg1398 rib-roast1654 wastera1800 semi-form1836 spoil1892 square wheels1924 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > types of ovum wind-egg1398 water egg1577 hypenemy1668 wormseed1733 pseudovum1858 unfertile1891 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xix. lxxix. (Add. MS. 27944) Wynde eyren beþ litel and vnsauory... And suche eyren beþ yfounde in hennes & gees. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 169 The Hennes wyl treade one the others, but theyr Egges neuer come to good, but are wind Egges. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harde,..an egge laied with a soft skin, or filme (about it) in stead of a shell; a soft-sheld egge; a wind egge. 1741 J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 273 (note) Varro affirms it as a certain truth, that about Lisbon some mares conceive by the wind, at a certain season, as hens conceive what is called a wind egg. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 721 Hens will lay what are called wind eggs, that is, eggs without a hardened shell. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 198 Want of calcareous food may explain the soft-shelled or ‘wind’ eggs. b. figurative. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) i. sig. B2^v Other men with all their delicates, and healthfull diets, can get but winde egges. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 3 From such a wind-egg of definition as this, they who expect any of his other arguments to bee well hatcht [etc.]. 1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum ii. vi. 237 The pretended division of Provinces so early among the Apostles, is only the wind-egge of a working fancy, that wants a shell of reason to cover it. 1826 T. L. Beddoes Let. Oct. in Wks. (1935) 621 Here is a Dr. Raupach who lays a tragedy or two in the year—mostly windeggs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1398
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