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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scallop  \Scal"lop\,  v.  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 
  {Scallop},  n.,  2. 
 
  2.  (Cookery)  To  bake  in  scallop  shells  or  dishes;  to  prepare 
  with  crumbs  of  bread  or  cracker,  and  bake.  See  {Scalloped 
  oysters},  below. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scalloped  \Scal"loped\,  a. 
  1.  Furnished  with  a  scallop;  made  or  done  with  or  in  a 
  scallop. 
 
  2.  Having  the  edge  or  border  cut  or  marked  with  segments  of 
  circles.  See  {Scallop},  n.,  2. 
 
  3.  (Cookery)  Baked  in  a  scallop;  cooked  with  crumbs. 
 
  {Scalloped  oysters}  (Cookery),  opened  oysters  baked  in  a  deep 
  dish  with  alternate  layers  of  bread  or  cracker  crumbs, 
  seasoned  with  pepper,  nutmeg,  and  butter.  This  was  at 
  first  done  in  scallop  shells. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scalloped 
  adj  :  having  a  margin  with  rounded  scallops  [syn:  {crenate}] 




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