Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Egg (-s)
effulgence (effulgencies)egg-life
egg (-s), n. [OE.]
- Case for an unborn bird; spherical shell produced by female birds containing the germ of a new individual.
- Hatchling; young bird now hatched.
- Phrase. “Egg of forests”: nut; kernel; hard seed capsule that can produce new trees.
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