scallop English · revision 880

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈskɒləp/, /ˈskæləp/ ''(UK)''; /ˈskɑləp/, /ˈskæləp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|scalop]], [[bor|fro|escalope|t=shell]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) a variant of ''eschalope'',^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) probably of Germanic origin,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) related to [[dum|schelpe|t=shell]] and [[non|skalpr|t=sheath]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The sense “thin slice of meat” was influenced by French [[escalope]].^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A scallop shell (before 1400), worn as the badge of pilgrims to the shrine of St James at Compostela;^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) the shellfish itself is recorded from about 1440.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The shells of the larger species were used as domestic utensils, and the scallop was the symbol of St James the Great.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In the 17th century the name was extended to objects shaped like a scallop shell,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) especially one of a series of rounded projections forming an ornamental edge (1612).^(OED 1989) The verb meant “to bake in a scallop shell or similar dish with breadcrumbs and sauce” (1737)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and “to cut into scallops” (1749).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1400 – a scallop shell, the pilgrim's badge.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c. 1440 – the shellfish.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1612 – one of a series of rounded projections.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1737 – verb, to bake in a scallop-shaped dish.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1749 – verb, to cut into scallops.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Any of various marine [[bivalve]] [[mollusk|alt=molluscs]] of the family Pectinidae, with fan-shaped, radially ribbed shells, which swim by clapping their shells together.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The edible muscle of such a mollusc.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A scallop shell, or a dish of similar shape used for baking and serving seafood.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # One of a series of curved projections forming an ornamental edge.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A thin, boneless slice of meat; an [[escalope]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To edge with a series of curved projections.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bake in a sauce, usually topped with breadcrumbs, as in ''scalloped potatoes''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To gather scallops.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[scalloper]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[escalope]]

+ * [[shell]]

+ * [[cockle]]

+ * [[scale]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}