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escalop |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escalop \Es*cal"op\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See {Scallop}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve shell of the genus {Pecten}. See {Scallop}. 2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything See {Scallop}. ``So many jags or escalops.'' --Ray. 3. a The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Hence: b (Her.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
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