Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A condition in birds in which they are unable to expel the fully developed egg, either on account of its excessive size or because of the presence of some disease.

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  • adjective Unable to pass an egg that has formed.

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Examples

  • "I'll do my best, for you've worked well on the whole, and I shan't forget that Orpington hen you saved when she was egg-bound.

    Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921

  • But at last one of them began to show signs of cradle-making, picking at some hay stuffed into the wicker-bars to encourage them; and I was told that she was manifestly '_egg-bound_.'"

    Two Suffolk Friends Francis Hindes Groome 1876

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