What does eggshellful mean?
Eggshellful means The amount contained in an eggshell.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The amount contained in an eggshell.
Beat the white of one egg until stiff, add 1/2 of an eggshellful of cream and beat together well, add enough pulverized sugar to harden it so as to form in squares lay on pasteboard to harden.
To make it, beat the whites of two eggs to a froth, add an equal quantity of cold water (measuring two half-eggshellsful), then gradually stir into this confectioners’ sugar until of a paste stiff enough to be molded with the fingers and retain its shape.
4 well beaten egg yolks, 5 half eggshellsful of sugar, 6 or 7 eggshellsful of good white wine.
After a pause, one of them ventured to hint that the first allowance of liquor had been drank out, so that "there did not remain an eggshellful to drink the health of the Captain."
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Eggshellful means The amount contained in an eggshell.
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Beat the white of one egg until stiff, add 1/2 of an eggshellful of cream and beat together well, add enough pulverized sugar to harden it so as to form in squares lay on pasteboard to harden.
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