Noun

(en noun)

(zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

(countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.

(uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.

(biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw

, title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}

Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.

A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.

(mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur), (potentially offensive) A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and immerse him- or herself in East Asian culture, and/or such a person who is perceived as behaving as if he or she were Asian (from the "white" outside and "yellow" inside).

(NZ, pejorative) A foolish or obnoxious person.

In terms such as good egg'', ''bad egg'', ''tough egg etc., a person, fellow.

Noun

(en noun)

Help; assistance; succor, relief.

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*(Henry Hallam) (1777-1859)

*:An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid .

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

A helper; an assistant.

*(w) viii. 6

*:It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.

Something which helps; a material source of help.

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*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone

(lb) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.

(lb) An exchequer loan.

(lb) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.

An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.

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