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a weedy vine of Argentina Salpichroa organifolia having solitary white flowers followed by egg shaped white or yellow fruit...
Eggs
Eggs. Of Poultry.--For hatching: importation may be regulated by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 31. As to marking and grade designation marks, see 18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 19, and sale of eggs under that designation, 23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 40, and see ANIMALS.Of Game.--The destruction or taking of or possessing eggs of any kind of game, or swan, wild duck, teal, or widgeon, by any person not having the right of killing game upon the land is punishable on conviction before two justices with a fine of 5s. for every egg, by s. 24 of the Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32). See GAME, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Game.' As to larceny of pheasants' eggs, see R. v. Stride, (1908) 1 KB 617.Of Wild Birds.--On application by a county council, a Secretary of State may prohibit, by s. 2 of the (English) Wild Birds Protection Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 24), the taking or destroying of eggs of wild birds or of any kind of wild birds, and by an Act of 1902 (e Edw. 7, c. 6), th...
Cock-pit
Cock-pit, a set of apartments built on the site of the old cock-pit of Whitehall Palace. This was converted into the Privy Council offices in the reign of William III.; but the old name remained till modern times....
egg and dart
a decorative ovolo molding having a series of egg shaped figures alternating with another shape in the form of a dart or anchor Also used attributively as an egg and dart molding an egg and dart design Called also egg and dart and egg and tongue...
Grease cock
A cock or cup containing grease to serve as a lubricator...
Sea cock
In a steamship a cock or valve close to the vessels side for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea...
Cock oven plant
Cock oven plant, 'Coke oven plant' means the plant and equipment with which the manufacture of hard coke has been or is being, carried on, and includes-(i) all lands, building, works, machinery and equipment, vehicles, railways, tramways and sidings, belonging to, or in the coke oven plant, (ii) all workshop belonging to the coke oven plant, including buildings, machinery, instruments, stores, equipment of such workshops and the lands on which such workshops stand, (iii) all coke in stock or under production, and other stores, stocks and instruments, belonging to the coke oven plant, (iv) all power stations belonging to the coke oven plant or operated for supplying electricity for the purpose of working the coke oven plant or a number of coke oven plants, (v) all lands, buildings and equipment belonging to the coke oven plant where the washing of coal is carried on, (vi) all other fixed assets, movable or immovable, and current assets belonging to a coke oven plant, whether within its ...
Cock-fighting
Cock-fighting, a criminal offence by s. 1(c) of the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 27)....
Egg glass
A small sandglass running about three minutes for marking time in boiling eggs also a small glass for holding an egg at table...
Scrambled eggs
Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while cooking or eggs beaten slightly often with a little milk and stirred while cooking...
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