Content in Definitions starting with E

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• either

  [ OED, in negative or interrogative sentences: any more than the other] conj. nor: He was not used to leaving
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• eh

  See HEY
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• egg-trash

  [W Car.; cf. TRASH] n. egg shells. (Black)
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• eggs

  n. 1. [cf. Sra. eksi, Jam. hegz, both 'egg' (Hancock 1969:50)] sing. or pl. egg or eggs: I give the
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• egg fruit

  n. 1. [DJE idem] the purple eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena.= GARDEN EGG 1 (Exuma) 2. [MCC idem] a small,
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• egg bird

  [OED, a tern, Hydrochelidon fuliginosum] n. 1. the tropic bird: 1880 Phaethon flavirostris . . .local name: Egg Bird (Cory
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• egg apple

  [OED, the fruit of the egg-plant, Solanum melongena] n. an unidentified fruit: 1827 The egg apple. . .highly esteemed by
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• Egba

  [W3 a Yoruba-speaking people of south-western Nigeria] n. Obs. an African ethnic group: 1891 [Bahamians] still retain their African tribal
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• ee bee en

  See BE BOW BEN.
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• -ee, -y

  [Car.; cf. DJE -i "Meaningless sound-element; its use today, however (except as estab-lished in songs, proverbs, etc.), indicates old-fashioned dial.
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