Scallop

skol′up, n. a bivalve having a sub-circular shell with sinuous radiating ridges: one of a series of curves in the edge of anything: a shallow dish in which oysters, ., are cooked, baked, and browned.— v.t. to cut the edge or border into scallops or curves: to cook in a scallop with crumbs of bread, .— p.adj. Scall′oped , having the edge or border cut into scallops or curves.— ns. Scall′op moth , a name applied to several geometrid moths; Scall′op-shell , a scallop, or the shell of one, the badge of a pilgrim. [O. Fr. escalope —Old Dut. schelpe , a shell; cf. Ger. schelfe , a husk.]