n. [ See Rascallion. ] A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [ Colloq. ] Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Rascal ] A low, mean wretch; a rogue; same as rascal, n.. 2; now disused, replaced by rapscalion. [ archaic ]
n. [ OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot. ]