escallop
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of escallop
1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French escalope, escalipe shell (of a nut, snail, etc.), perhaps < Middle Dutch scelpe, scolpe mollusk shell ( Dutch schelp; perhaps akin to scalp )
Example Sentences
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St. James the Greater has the escallop shell and staff of the pilgrim.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Neither have shell-fish been overlooked: the escallop in particular, from its religious associations, has always been a special favourite.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Columbine, Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.
From Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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