escallop

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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 Lower, Mark Antony

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 Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)

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

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 Utting, R. B.

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 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield