Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Produced from an egg, as all animals are; but specifically, hatched from the egg of an oviparous animal.
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NOTE: If you have any concerns about egg-born bacteria or do not have access to healthy, organic, farm-fresh eggs, reconstituted powdered egg whites or refrigerated pasteurized ones are safer to use in this recipe.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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"As many beings as there are in the universe of beings, comprehended under the term" beings "— egg-born, born from a womb, moisture-born, or miraculously born; with or without form; with perception, without perception, and with neither perception nor nonperception — as far as any conceivable form of beings is conceived: all these I must lead to Nirvana, into that Realm of Nirvana which leaves nothing behind"
Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Romanticism and Buddhism 2007
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If only they realized the true significance of their egg-born friend…
Archive 2006-12-24 Miss Snark 2006
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If only they realized the true significance of their egg-born friend…
12/24/2006 - 12/31/2006 Miss Snark 2006
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If only they realized the true significance of their egg-born friend…
HH Com 528 Miss Snark 2006
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Sweat-born, egg-born and Androgyne are the terms used in the Secret Doctrine.
The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria W. Scott-Elliot
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Moreover the Chinese believe that the first man was born from an egg, the Orphic hymns speak of the "First-Begotten One" as "egg-born," and the Greeks fabled that their Sun-God Dionysos sprang from the cosmic egg.
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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The Chinese say that this egg-born Puoncu, who is identical with Brahm, Noah, and Adam, is not the great Creator or God, but only the first man.
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The sun, born as Aditi's eighth son, is the bird, 'egg-born,' RV. x.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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The notion comes up first in the golden germ and egg-born bird (sun) of the Rik.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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