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    1. The association stems from the legend that his body was washed ashore (ie scallop shell - the sea) on the Atlantic coast nearby


    2. yesterday,’ said the Bailli, pointing to the scallop shell


    3. Candied carrots, scallop potatoes, and snow peas


    4. “A spoon of minced scallop with Greek yogurt dressing,” the server explained before vanishing again


    5. I considered whether it would be rude or—far worse—suggestive to put the whole bowl of the spoon in my mouth and suck off the last savory molecules of scallop


    6. There are dozens of brown scallop shells that resemble lasagna ruffles on the floor


    7. On an altar of black stone stood a curious golden vessel, shaped like the shell of a scallop


    8. Alex’s brow furrowed as he chewed the scallop


    9. Between the scallops hung teardrop pearls from a third, thinner golden band shaped in five large scallops along the front of the crown, and at the crest of each scallop was a single large diamond


    10. The largest of them was set in the top center scallop

    11. Stephen's embarrassed hand moved over the shells heaped in the cold stone mortar: whelks and money cowries and leopard shells: and this, whorled as an emir's turban, and this, the scallop of saint James


    12. Ricketts spears a scallop with her fork


    13. “We’ll shape our course to stay well clear of Scallop Island, and we’ll time our transit through Whale Passage to pass between Cliff Island and Whale Island during the hours of darkness


    14. From the first dishes offering small variations of lean, concentrated raw flavors, for example, via a richer truffle sauce in the scallop, to the later desserts with sweetness, salt, and tartness


    15. Then, raw-marinated and combined into the confit roe and served with bouillon of dried scallop, sea algae, and chanterelles


    16. Naturally, you should preserve as much of the scallop as possible


    17. When the kitchen was equipped with a coal oven, it became possible to develop the shellprepared scallop


    18. And so, the scallop was perfect


    19. To increase the sweetness even more and to help the scallop, we chose caramelized cauliflower cream


    1. A gold base with embedded diamonds was topped by a scalloped band of gold studded with smaller diamonds


    2. The shoulder straps are made of silky satin and both pieces are finished with shimmery scalloped edging and come in colors of steel or French blue


    3. The second cotton layer was encircled by a satin rose’ trim and edged with blue-silver colored ribbon; the scalloped hemline of the third layer was lace and edged with apricot cream trim, while embroidered jasper colored squares and interweaved floral designs in all four colors decorated the fine netting


    4. SCALLOPED: Fit and shape crust as in Jiffy Butter


    5. Ornate scalloped edges trimmed the speeders in gold and red


    6. Pebbles and bits of weed are strung in scalloped lines


    7. He remembers the cramped restaurants with leaded windows and linenfold paneling where his parents took them to dinner; and the corsairs’ villas with scalloped friezes and Doric columns and gold coins mortared inside the walls; the storefronts of gunsmiths and shipmasters and money changers and hostelers; the graffiti Henri used to scratch into the stones of ramparts, I cannot wait to leave, fuck this place


    8. He looked at her hair done up high, with the long white veil and white flowers and the high, stand-up, scalloped collar, that in such a maidenly fashion hid her long neck at the sides and only showed it in front, her strikingly slender figure, and it seemed to him that she looked better than ever—not because these


    9. She did not look round, but the high scalloped collar, that reached her little pink ear, trembled faintly


    10. They were no longer ruffled but were gathered up in scalloped festoons,

    11. Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding


    12. The meal was swordfish steaks, scalloped potatoes, summer peas, buttermilk biscuits


    13. And then she returns to the kitchen and brings out a beautiful quiche on a gorgeous scalloped white cake stand


    14. As soon as this occurred, the bees ceased to excavate, and began to build up flat walls of wax on the lines of intersection between the basins, so that each hexagonal prism was built upon the scalloped edge of a smooth basin, instead of on the straight edges of a three-sided pyramid as in the case of ordinary cells


    15. I have in my mind's eye the western, indented with deep bays, the bolder northern, and the beautifully scalloped southern shore, where successive capes overlap each other and suggest unexplored coves between


    16. No really smart young lady of this tribe would be seen walking with a man who did not have scalloped ears—for such was a proof that he had been in the Great War


    17. And have I not tallied the whale, Ahab would mutter to himself, as after poring over his charts till long after midnight he would throw himself back in reveries—tallied him, and shall he escape? His broad fins are bored, and scalloped out like a lost sheep's ear! And here, his mad mind would run on in a breathless race; till a weariness and faintness of pondering came over him; and in the open air of the deck he would seek to recover his strength


    1. In order to get rid of this curiosity which agitated her a little beyond her wont, she took refuge in her talents, and set about scalloping, with one layer of cotton after another, one of those embroideries of the Empire and the Restoration, in which there are numerous cart-wheels


    1. ~ al rosal a dish of broiled scallops, ham, onions & O Rosal wine


    2. An exquisite variety awaited them: shrimp, scallops, oysters-on-the-half-shell, clams, chowder and bisque and jambalaya, lobster thermadore, flounder


    3. For starters, I decided to shun the advice of the maitre’d (because I’m hard like that) of going for the salmon, instead opting for the scallops, served with onion bhaji and pickled vegetables


    4. The alien scallops have dozens of glowing eyes all across its shell


    5. Down the beach at Aldeburgh I could see The Scallops by the artist Maggi Hambling


    6. “Yes, I suppose it does,” Faye answered quietly and watched Elizabeth finish her meal, leaving only a few bites of scallops at the edge of the china plate


    7. forward and took another bite of his seared scallops, “Don’t turn to


    8. that accompanied his scallops


    9. I cooked scallops Provencale with a salad and


    10. Poach the crabmeat and scallops, separately, for 30 seconds each

    11. Add the crab and scallops to the veggies, mix the dressing, pour over salad and serve


    12. Return the scallops to the pan and toss to coat


    13. She sighed and opened the box, smelling the incredible scents of scallops and shrimp in a cream sauce with lots of garlic


    14. ” She tried to take a bite of one of the plump scallops but as soon as the meat was in her mouth, she couldn’t chew


    15. Between the scallops hung teardrop pearls from a third, thinner golden band shaped in five large scallops along the front of the crown, and at the crest of each scallop was a single large diamond


    16. Finally, they sourced the most tender scallops that Sophie had ever tasted, straight out of Venus, like little lumps of salty butter, melting on the tongue


    17. Her team worked on the salmon and scallops


    18. Raskolnikov turned to the wall where in the dirty, yellow paper he picked out one clumsy, white flower with brown lines on it and began examining how many petals there were in it, how many scallops in the petals and how many lines on them


    19. scallops and salmon plate appetizers arrived


    20. We know that oysters and pilgrim scallops live in 2,000 meters of water, and that Admiral McClintock, England's hero of the polar seas, pulled in a live sea star from a

    21. Ricketts orders the scallops, so I do the same, along with a couple of waters, and we’ll split a cone of fries


    22. We both order scallops


    23. For the main course, I have scallops with sweet corn and shishito peppers


    24. The black feelers of preposterously long guns projected from the scallops, and his mouth tightened as he abruptly realized what he was seeing


    25. And the angled superstructure was shaped almost like a pair of triangles placed base-to-base while the gun barrels sticking out of those “scallops” disappeared into what appeared to be solid, rounded … shields, for want of a better word


    26. Long graceful ropes of ivy and grapevine and smilax were hung everywhere, in looping festoons on the walls, draped above the windows, twined in scallops all over the brightly colored cheesecloth booths


    27. Crayfish, lobster, and scallops are all world-class


    28. The goal was to get the scallops to the restaurant within twenty-four hours after they were caught


    29. “We managed, after much negotiation, to get some live crayfish and some very fresh live scallops to Old Town


    30. To fly scallops separately is an expensive affair, as anyone who has tried will know, but by using direct transportation in unbroken cold containers, the scallops are now delivered directly from Trondheim to the restaurant

    31. Remove the algae and add the dried mushrooms and scallops in the stock


    32. The scallops that are hand-picked by divers received a lot of attention when they were served to the first guests for the first time on the first day of opening


    33. It is important to add good texture with the smooth scallops


    34. “In the same oven, we also make the scallops, which are ready in minutes


    35. “Davis is like an IED,” Yuki said, moving tiny bay scallops on her plate with her fork


    36. I've tried the mussels and the clams, the oysters and the whelks, cockles and scallops; seven different kinds of crabs and all the lobster family


    37. Raskolnikov turned to the wall where in the dirty, yellow paper he picked out one clumsy, white flower with brown lines on it and began examining how many petals there were in it, how many scallops in the petals and how 248 of 967


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    Synonyms for "scallop"

    escallop scallop scollop cutlet crenation crenature crenel crenelle

    "scallop" definitions

    one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)


    edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces


    thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled


    edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions


    decorate an edge with scallops


    bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top


    form scallops in


    fish for scallops


    shape or cut in scallops