† ˈgallature Obs.
[ad. It. gallatura, f. gallare to fecundate (an egg), f. gallo cock; the word may have been also mod.Lat.]
The germ in an egg.
| 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxvii. 151 Whether it [the chicken] be not made out of the grando, gallature, germe or tredde of the egge..doth seem of lesser doubt. 1658 ― Gard. Cyrus iii. 52 Whether it be not more rational Epicurisme to contrive whole dishes out of the nebbes..then from the Gallatures and treddles of Egges. |