escallop
Example Sentences
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St. James the Greater has the escallop shell and staff of the pilgrim.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
Columbine, Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Neither have shell-fish been overlooked: the escallop in particular, from its religious associations, has always been a special favourite.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
Your mind is made of crumbs,—like an escallop Of oysters,—first a layer of crumbs, and then An oystery taste, and then a layer of crumbs.
From Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay
