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
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 R. B. Utting
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
