egge
/ˈɛɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Eſtrich (whoſe fethers are fayrer thẽ yᵉ wynges of the ſparow hauke) whẽ he hath layd his egges vpon the grounde, he bredeth them in the duſt, and forgetteth them: ſo that they might be troden with feete, or broken with ſommme wilde beaſt."
- "There after the images and reliques were orderly disposed, the great Priest compassed about with divers pictures according to the fashion of the Ægyptians, did dedicate and consecrate with certaine prayers a fair ship made very cunningly, and purified the same with a torch, an egge, and sulphur; […]"
- "[T]hey are vp already, and cal for Egges and butter, they vvil avvay preſently."
- "[T]hinke him as a Serpents egge, / VVhich hatch'd, vvould as his kinde grovv mischieuous; / And kill him in the ſhell."
- "I was 5 moneth in France before I saw a boyled or roasted egge."
- "[Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: […]"
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.