scallion (skalyon)

[Formerly called, more fully, scallion onion; early mod. E. also skallion, scalion; Ac ich haue porett-plontes perselye and scalones , Chiboles and chiruylles and chiries sam-rede. Piers Plowman (C), ix. 310. Sivot, a scallion , a hollow or vnset Leeke. Cotgrave. Let Peter Onion (by the infernal gods) be turned to a leek, or a scallion. B. Jonson, Case is Altered, iv. 3. prepare by mixing with crumbs, seasoning, and baking until browned on the top: as, to scallop fish or meat. The shell [of the scallop Pecten maximus ] is often used IMG:content-0221.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In her., same as escalloped. It may be known that Monteth was a gentleman with a scalloped coat. W. King , Art of Cookery, Letter v. 4. In bot., same as crenate1, 1 (a).-5. Cooked in a scallop. Scalloped kalanchoe. See Kalanchoe, 1. Scalloped oysters, oysters baked with bread-crumbs, cream, pepper, salt, nutmeg, and a little butter. This was at first literally done in distinct scallop-shells, and afterward in a dish for the purpose called a scallop. scalloped-hazel (skol'opt-hā"zl), n. A British geometrid moth, Odontopera bident at a. IMG:content-0222.jpg:[merged small][graphic][merged small] enlarged and rodent-like, the nose not fringed, and the dental formula 3 incisors, 1 canine, 3 premolars, and 3 molars on each side above, and 2 incisors, no canine, 3 premolars, and 3 molars on each side below. It includes the common mole or shrew-mole of the United States, S. aquatic us, of which the silvery mole, S. argent at us, is a western variety. The other moles of the same country, formerly referred to Scalops, are now placed in Scapanus. See shrew-mole.