Scal"loped (?), a.

1.

Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.

2.

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

3. Cookery

Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.

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.

 

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