escallop
verbEtymology From Middle French escalope.
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Dated Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”).
escallop
nounEtymology From Middle French escalope.
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A scallop.
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A bearing or charge consisting of an escalop shell, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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Obsolete A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything.
- So many jags or escalops.1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
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Alternative Alternative spelling of escalope.