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/ˈɛgʃˌɛl/ Listen

noun

eggshell n.

The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

(Zoöl.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.

adjective

eggshell adj.

Of a pale, yellowish-white color; as, an eggshell ceiling and light green walls.

(Architecture) Having a smooth but not glossy texture like that of a hen's egg; as, a latex paint giving an eggshell finish. Also referred to as matte glaze or non-lustrous glaze.

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Etymology of 'Eggshell'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Eggshell" Quotes from Famous Books

... on, with an angry flush upon her face. Betto gently drew me into an adjoining bedroom, and, with a troubled face, implored me not to give way to angry feelings. 'Be gentle to her,' she said; 'poor thing, she's as frail as an eggshell. Wait till she is well, master, and then—I pray God may bring some light ...

— By Berwen Banks • Allen Raine

... with the rush of an infuriated beast. Even as the astonished Abou dropped his struggling burden to meet the attack of the unexpected deliverer, he was felled to the earth by a mighty blow from the rifle which his assailant swung swift and true. His skull was crushed as if it were an eggshell. ...

— The Man From Brodney's • George Barr McCutcheon

... flew back at once to a corner cupboard in the parlour, inlaid with tulips in Dutch marqueterie, and containing the Major's priceless eggshell china. To be sure, if the French landed, she—weak woman that she was—could not defend this treasure. But might not the Major blame her for ...

— The Mayor of Troy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... popular amongst the poor in the neighbourhood early, for there was not a cabin at which he had not stopped some morning or other, along with the huntsman, to drink a glass of burnt whisky out of an eggshell, to do him good and warm his heart and drive the cold out of his stomach. The old people always told him he was a great likeness of Sir Patrick, which made him first have an ambition to take after him, as far as his fortune should allow. He left us when ...

— Castle Rackrent • Maria Edgeworth

... shot. The whole charge took the canoe about six feet behind the bow, and doubled her up like an eggshell. Before the smoke had cleared she had foundered, and the second canoe had paused to pick up some of the wounded men. The others, as much at home in the water as in the woods, were already ...

— The Refugees • Arthur Conan Doyle

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