escallop

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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 Millay, Edna St. Vincent

The western arch capitals have, as decoration, the rose and escallop shell alternately—badges of the Dacres and Nevilles, who also may have been benefactors to the cathedral.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King

And in Berry's Encyclop�dia Heraldica: "Sa., a cheveron between three escallop shells argent."

From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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)

The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony