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单词 egging
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eggingn.1

/ˈɛɡɪŋ/
Etymology: < egg v.1 + -ing suffix1.
An urging forward, incitement, instigation. Also egging forward or on.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation
puttingOE
sleatinga1122
eggingc1200
pricking?c1225
enticement1303
movinga1382
eggmentc1386
stirring1399
instinct1412
instigationc1422
motiona1425
provocationa1425
coyingc1440
ertingc1440
tollingc1440
artation1441
incitation1477
instinction1490
inhortationc1503
stimulation1526
abetment1533
onsetting1541
provokement?1545
incitament1579
stirring?c1580
irritation1589
incitement1594
spurring1611
to give foment to1613
fomenting1615
prompturea1616
proritation1615
urgea1618
exstimulation1626
fomentation1633
instinctment1661
spurning1672
impulsing1885
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 197 Þat heued þat Iob helede wið þe deules eginge was his rihte bileue.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7206 His [sc. Samson's] wijf wald noght fin Thoru egging of his wiþerwin.
a1400 Octouian 688 Selle hem noght For no eggenges.
1521 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archaeol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 A fyne lost by John Stone for eggyng of an other mannes apprentice from his maistre xxd.
1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vii. sig. L.vii Antonius began a greate ciuill warre through the..egging forward of his wife Cleopatra.
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Hecyra ii. i, in Terence in Eng. 344 They have married by your egging on.
a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 370 How curst an egging..do these unwily Dances bring.
1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 90 He needed very little egging on, to talk nonsense.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

eggingn.2

Etymology: < egg v.2 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈegging.
1. The action of collecting (wild fowls') eggs; also attributive.
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the world > life > biology > collection or conservation of natural specimens > [noun] > egg-collecting
egging1883
1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads ii. 15 The unholy trade of egging and bird-destroying.
1886 E. C. Dawson Life Bp. Hannington (1887) viii. 107 They had arrived in the height of the egging season.
2. The laying or production of eggs, as in egging season, egging time.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young > laying an egg
cast1646
ovation1656
partion1656
oviposition1815
ovipositing1887
egging1905
1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 4/1 Among the risks which attend the breeding of game birds, frost at the ‘egging’ time is not the least serious.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 5/1 This is the ‘egging’ season, and outlying nests of pheasants and partridges may be disturbed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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