| 单词 | escallop |
| 释义 | escallop|ɛˈskæləp|
Also 7 escollop, 7–8 escalop.
[a. OF. escalope shell, an adoption from some Teut. lang.; cf. MDu. schelpe (mod.Du. schelp) shell. The variant scallop is found much earlier, and is still in use.]
1. A bivalve mollusc of the genus Pecten; = scallop 1.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxiii. (1660) 238 The Escallop (according to Dioscorides) is engendred of the Dew and Ayre. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 78 The stone is stuck full of Cockles, Escallops, and Oysters. 1886Daily News 24 Dec. 2/6 Escallops, 6d. per dozen.
2. Her. = escallop-shell.
1671J. Webster Metallogr. i. 21 Shillings marked with an Escalope. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. x. (1743) 429 The point of the sword [is] formed like an escalop flourished. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xv. (ed. 3.) 184 Three escallops or.
3. One of a series of segments of circles forming a ‘scalloped’ edge. More usually scallop.
1691Ray Creation (1714) 102 The figure of the leaves..divided into so many jags or Escallops.
4. Comb. escallop-basin, a basin made in the form of an escallop shell.
1644Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 44 Before this grotto is a long poole into which ran divers spouts of water from leaden escollop basins. |
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