scall

n. [ Icel. skalli a bald head. Cf. Scald, a. ] A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head. Lev. xiii. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scabby; scurfy; scall. [ Obs. ] “With scalled brows black.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scalled head. (Med.) See Scald head, under Scald, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot. ] 1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any onion which does not “bottom out, ” but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scalloped p. pr. & vb. n. Scalloping. ] 1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf. Escalop. ] [ Written also scollop. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. Pecten tenuicostatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Cookery) Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scalloped oysters (Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. This was at first done in scallop shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fishes for scallops. [ 1913 Webster ]