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▪ I. ˈscallom, v. Basket-making.
Also scallum.
[Of obscure origin.]
trans. (See quot.) Hence ˈscallomed ppl. a., ˈscalloming vbl. n.
1875Encycl. Brit. III. 423/1 These [sc. the stout osiers that are to form the ribs of the basket] are forced or plaited, ‘scallumed’, between the rods of the bottom from the edge to the centre, and are turned up, ‘upset’, in the direction of the sides. 1912T. Okey Art of Basket-Making vii. 80 When the side stakes are scallomed on. 1929A. G. Knock Fine Willow Basketry 61 To the curved part of the hoop, eight stakes are now scallomed. Ibid. 62 In scalloming a long tongue is formed at the butt-end of the stake. 1959D. Wright Baskets & Basketry ii. 45 The sticks are scallomed, that is: thinned down to a long, flat point and taken round the frame... Scalloming is easier to work with willow than with cane because the rods kink and stay rigid when dry. Ibid. iv. 114 This basket and its lid are made on a scallomed base.
▪ II. scallom, n. Basket-making.|ˈskæləm|
[Of obscure origin: see scallom v.]
A stake or rod, of which a thin or spliced end is wrapped round another stake to form a base or frame of a basket; the method of weaving baskets thus.
1912T. Okey Art of Basket-Making vii. 75 Bottoms and covers may also be made on hoops and scalloms. Ibid. Gloss. 154 Scallom, a method of forming the rigid inner frame of a bottom or cover, or of staking up a basket. 1929A. G. Knock Fine Willow Basketry 18 Scallom, a stake, or the equivalent of a bottom-stick or lid-stick which has been affixed by looping its thinned end round a hoop or the outside stick of a bottom. 1959Gloss. Terms Packaging (B.S.I.) 16 Scallom, the spliced end of a stake which is wrapped round the bottom outside stick and woven into the next two scalloms. 1959D. Wright Baskets & Basketry iv. 115, 5 scalloms of No. 12 cane run from end to end. Ibid. vi. 136 Scallom, method of fixing stakes to a ring of willow or cane. |