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Scallop   /skˈæləp/   Listen
Scallop

noun
(Written also scollop)
1.
One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).  Synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle.
2.
Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces.  Synonyms: escallop, scollop.
3.
Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled.  Synonyms: cutlet, escallop, scollop.
4.
Edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions.  Synonyms: escallop, scollop.



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"Scallop" Quotes from Famous Books



... a red blouse with full bishop sleeves and long pointed yellow cuffs, and a full-gathered, double skirt, half way to the knees, made in pointed scallops—the scallops of the lower skirt of yellow alternating with the scallops of the upper one of red with a jingling gold bell sewed to each scallop. One stocking is red, and the other yellow, and one foot is thrust into a red sandal, and the other into a yellow one, with a bell on ...
— Games For All Occasions • Mary E. Blain

... some beef small, with onion, pepper and salt, and add a little gravy. Put it into scallop shells or saucers, making them three parts full, and fill them up with potatoes, mashed with a little cream. Put a bit of butter on the top, and brown them in an oven, or before the fire, or with a salamander. Mutton may be made into sanders in ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

... Scottish satirical poem] Away with thee!" he added, rising in wrath, and speaking so fast as to give no opportunity of answer, being probably determined to terrify the elder guest into an abrupt flight—"Away with thee, with thy clouted coat, scrip, and scallop-shell, or, by the name of Avenel, I will have them loose ...
— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott



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