eggling

== English == === Etymology 1 === Presumably from *eggle (“to sell eggs”) +‎ -ing. Compare eggler (“seller of eggs”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɛɡ.l̩.ɪŋ/, /ɛɡ.lɪŋ/ ==== Noun ==== eggling (uncountable) (archaic) The sale of eggs; the trade of an eggler. === Etymology 2 === From egg +‎ -ling. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɛɡ.lɪŋ/ ==== Noun ==== eggling (plural egglings) A small, miniature, undersized, or underdeveloped egg. "Ode X" in 1834, Charles L. S. Jones, American Lyrics One Lovling scarcely's fledg'd. One, yet,An eggling still remains;A third, from forth the broken shell,In chirping notes, complains. === Anagrams === legging