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
This beautiful charge of the escallop, happy in its association with the pilgrims of the olden time, and always held in high esteem by Heralds, is generally drawn as in No. 165.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
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
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
Gardens are sometimes bordered with escallop shells, which are neat enough but seem rather out of place among flowers.
From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
