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scollop

1

/ ˈɒə /

noun

  1. a variant of scallop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


scollop

2

/ ˈɒə /

noun

  1. (in Ireland) a rod, pointed at both ends, used to pin down thatch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scollop1

C19: from Irish Gaelic scolb
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Example Sentences

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The scollop and oyster Their two shells did roister, Like castanets fitting; While limpets moved clearly, And rocks very nearly With laughter were splitting.

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Of the Linn�an genus, Ostrea, there are many sorts, on all parts of the coast, both east and west, but they are what we call the pecten or scollop.

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The baldecchino of the high altar was dome-shaped, and covered on the outside with a scolloped pattern in verd antique, each scollop having a slender bordering of white marble.

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"Because his hair is all knitted in scollops, and he has scollops around his wrists and at the bottom of his trousers."

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"Yes—pretty enough," replied Augusta, scarcely turning her head to look at it.—"Mamma, do not you think I had better have my green pelerine cut in points rather than in scollops?"

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