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scal⋅lop

  [skol-uhp, skal-]
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–noun
1. any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
2. the adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks, used as food.
3. one of the shells of such a mollusk, usually having radial ribs and a wavy outer edge.
4. a scallop shell or a dish in which food, esp. seafood, is baked and served.
5. Cookery. a thin slice of meat, usually further flattened by pounding with a mallet or other implement.
6. any of a series of curved projections cut along the edge, as of a fabric.
–verb (used with object)
7. to finish (an edge) with scallops.
8. Cookery. to escallop.
–verb (used without object)
9. to dredge for scallops.
Also, scollop.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME scalop, aph. var. of escal(l)op escallop; sense “thin slice of meat” prob. by assoc. with F escalope escalope
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scal·lop   (skŏl'əp, skāl'- skä'ləp)   
n.  

    1. Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern.

    2. The edible adductor muscle of this mollusk.

    3. A shell of this mollusk, or a dish in a similar shape, used for baking and serving seafood.

  2. One of a series of curved projections forming an ornamental border.

  3. A thin boneless slice of meat.

v.   scal·loped also scol·loped or es·cal·loped, scal·lop·ing also scol·lop·ing or es·cal·lop·ing, scal·lops also scol·lops or es·cal·lops

v.   tr.

  1. To edge (cloth, for example) with a series of curved projections.

  2. To bake in a casserole with milk or a sauce and often with bread crumbs: scalloped potatoes.

  3. To cut (meat) into thin boneless slices.

v.   intr.
To gather scallops for eating or sale.

[Middle English scalop, from Old French escalope, shell, of Germanic origin.]
scal'lop·er n.
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Word Origin & History

scallop 
"bivalve mollusk," 1401, from O.Fr. escalope "shell," variant of eschalope, probably from a Gmc. source (cf. O.N. skalpr "sheath," M.Du. schelpe "shell"); see scale (n.1). Extended 17c. to objects shaped like scallop shells, especially in design and dress. The verb in the cookery sense, "to bake in a scallop shell-shaped pan," is attested from 1737.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

SCALLOP language, history
A medium-level language for CDC computers, used to bootstrap the first Pascal compiler.
(1994-11-01)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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