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A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.

other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop.

r heads of arched doorways. -- Fan shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the family Pectinidæ. See Scallop, n., 1. -- Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. -- Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.…

Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.

To call by a wrong name; to miscall.

sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening. (b) Satan. See Lucifer. Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far. Byron.

of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidæ); a scallop. See Scallop.

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge. Shak.

hod of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.]

A scallion; a leek or small onion. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food. [Prov. Eng.]

The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.

e gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Oötheca. Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. Halliwell.

l (Zoöl.), a pecten (Vola Jacobæus) worn by piligrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under Scallop. -- Saint Jame's wort (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobæa). -- Saint John's bread. (Bot.) See Carob. -- Saint John's-wort (Bot.), any plant of the genus Hypericum, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- ca…

A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser.

See Scallop.

d of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.