scallop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scallop	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for scallop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scallop n one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) Synonym(s): scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces Synonym(s): scallop, scollop, escallop thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled Synonym(s): cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions Synonym(s): scallop, scollop, escallop v decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top Synonym(s): scallop, escallop form scallops in; "scallop the meat" Synonym(s): scallop, scollop fish for scallops Synonym(s): scallop, scollop shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress" Synonym(s): scallop, scollop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See {Scale} of a fish, and cf. {Escalop}.] [Written also {scollop}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family {Pectinid[91]}. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also {fan shell}. See {Pecten}, 2. Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is {Pecten irradians}; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is {P. Clintonius, [or] tenuicostatus}. 2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. 3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SCALLOP A medium-level language for {CDC} computers, used to {bootstrap} the first {Pascal} {compiler}. (1994-11-01)