escallopedadj.
/ɛˈskaləpt/ An alternative (but now less frequent) form of scalloped adj.
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a. Having the border or edge cut in ‘scallops’ or segments of circles; = scalloped adj. 1.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > scalloped
invecked1486
escalloped1611
scalloped1675
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1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xii. 576/2 Now Burgundians scorne their Fliece of Gold; The French, th' Escalopt Collar set with grace.
1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 3 in Anat. Plants Leaves..are Long or Round, Even-edg'd or Escallop'd, and many other ways different.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 727 They only succeed..by cross beams and escalloped wedges jambed in between them and their coronets.
1885 R. Heath in Mag. of Art. Sept. 481/2 The ladies wore escaloped laced ‘heads’, mostly English.
b. Heraldry.
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1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xiv. 233/2 His Robe turned down about his Neck, Azure, escaloped.
2. Of oysters: = scalloped adj. 2. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [adjective] > method of dressing oyster
escalloped1880
1880 W. D. Howells Undiscovered Country 14 A person you might help to escalloped oysters or ice-cream at an evening party.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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