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Webster 1913 Edition
Scallop
Scal′lop
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[OF.
escalope
a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish
; cf. D. schelp
shell. See Scale
of a fish, and cf. Escalop
.] [Written also
scollop
.] 1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family
Pectinidae
. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus
) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell
. See Pecten
, 2. ☞ The common edible scallop of the
Eastern United States
is Pecten irradians
; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is Pecten Clintonius
syn. Pecten tenuicostatus
. 2.
One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.
3.
One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.
Scal′lop
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scalloped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scalloping
.] 1.
To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See , 2.
Scallop
, Noun.
2.
(Cookery)
To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See
Scalloped oysters
, below. Webster 1828 Edition
Scallop
SCAL'LOP
,Noun.
1.
A shell fish, or rather a genus of shell fish, called pecten. The shell is bivalvular, the hinge toothless, having a small ovated hollow. The great scallop is rugged and imbricated with scales, grows to a large size, and in some countries is taken and barreled for market.2.
A recess or curving of the edge of any thing, like the segment of a circle; written also scallop.SCAL'LOP
,Verb.
T.