That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or album…
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of Lie, to recline.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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A roebuck. See Roebuck.
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imp. of Spit.
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A mature female fish.
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A mature female fish.
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To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
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To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
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