scollop
1 Britishnoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scollop
C19: from Irish Gaelic scolb
Example Sentences
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The scollop and oyster Their two shells did roister, Like castanets fitting; While limpets moved clearly, And rocks very nearly With laughter were splitting.
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Of the Linn�an genus, Ostrea, there are many sorts, on all parts of the coast, both east and west, but they are what we call the pecten or scollop.
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The baldecchino of the high altar was dome-shaped, and covered on the outside with a scolloped pattern in verd antique, each scollop having a slender bordering of white marble.
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"Because his hair is all knitted in scollops, and he has scollops around his wrists and at the bottom of his trousers."
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"Yes—pretty enough," replied Augusta, scarcely turning her head to look at it.—"Mamma, do not you think I had better have my green pelerine cut in points rather than in scollops?"
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