shallotn.
/ʃəˈlɒt/, U.S. /ʃəˈlɑt/ 1. A small onion, Allium Ascalonicum, native in Syria and cultivated for use as a flavouring ingredient for salads, sauces, etc.
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1664 S. Blake Compl. Gardeners Pract. 121 Shalot. Or Spanish Garlick.
1670 L. Meager Eng. Gardener 188 Shelot.
1670 L. Meager Eng. Gardener 189, 213.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Ooo2/3 Shalot,..Echalote.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. ii. 146 Shalots or Eschalots.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 201 Shallots, otherwise Rocamboles, or Spanish Garlick.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 284 Plant Garlick, Shallots, Rocambole.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 35 Take five or six Shalots peel'd.
1822 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 1st Ser. Steep your whole hogs in shalots, if you wish.
1840 R. H. Barham Witches' Frolic in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 177 And they wound up the meal with rumpsteaks and 'schalots.
1882 Garden 11 Feb. 106/2 Shallots often become mildewed.
2. [After French échalote.] A name for the metal ‘reed’ in some kinds of organ pipes.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Organ A Reed-Pipe consists of a Foot..which carries the Wind into the Shalot, or Reed.., which is a hollow Demi-cylinder, fitted at its Extremity..into a kind of Mould.
1746 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. 65 The Shallot or Reed.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 658/1 A certain number [sc. of organ pipes] have a tongue of metal like that of a toy trumpet, vibrating against the open (or partially open) side of a little brass tube (called eschallot or shallot) at the bottom of the pipe.., and these are called Reed Stops.
1969 J. Curnutt tr. Andersen Organ Building & Design iii. 51 The shallot..consists of a tube which is closed at the lower end and planed flat on one side so that a throat-shaped opening is produced.
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