scallop (or a as ð), scaloppe, scollop, skalop

[O. F. escalope, a word of Teutonic origin; cf. O. Dut. schelpe ( Dut.schelp )=a shell; Ger. schelfe a husk; Eng. scale (1), s., and shell. ] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 2. 2. A rece or curving of the edge of anything, like the segment of a circle. 3. A kind of dish, in shape of a scallop shell, for baking oysters in. *4. A lace band or collar, scalloped at the edges. "To wear my own new scallop ." -Pepys: Diary, Oct. 12, 1662. II. Technically : 1. Her.: The same as ESCALLOP (q. v.). 2. Zoology: (1) The genus Pecten (q. v.), especially Pecten thickne (about 1,000 feet) is in the Mi i ippi region. The scalent series is on the parallel of maximus . the Wenlock formation. Prof. H. D. Rogers: Geol- ogy of Pennsylvania .) sca-len-ŭs (pl. sca-lē'-ni), subst . [SCALENE.] Anatomy ( pl .): Muscles of the neck. There are sometimes three; the scalenus anterior, medius, and posticus . fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ. ] Zool.: A synonym of Scalariade (q. v.).