The western arch capitals have, as decoration, the rose and escallop shell alternately -- badges of the. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
To honor his Mother, Prince William has added a red scallop shell "escallop gules", prominent in the Spencer ancestors' coats of arms. From Wordnik.com. [Margie Goldsmith: Royal Wedding Fever - Bespoke Style] Reference
English sole, sauce tartare; spaghetti or ravioli; escallop of veal, caper sauce; French peas with butter; roast chicken with chiffon salad; ice cream or fried cream; assorted fruits and cakes; demi tasse. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
Mix both parts lightly, and after putting the mixture into an escallop dish pour over it a sauce made as follows: Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a frying pan, and when it has been melted add a heaping tablespoonful of flour. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book] Reference
In the concert room, the superannuated artistes of the poorer kind of Continental concert hall shrieked and grimaced and ogled, and after every item of the show, the performer came round with an escallop shell into which the more generously disposed dropped small copper coins. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
Arms. Gules, a Bend, Or, between two escallop shells. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical] Reference
Gu. an inescutcheon arg. between D escallop shells in saltine or. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Caroline County, Virginia] Reference
Turn your game to the thickness of the chicken escallop you want. From Wordnik.com. [MyBookFace :: Blogs] Reference
Sable, three escallop shells of the first; a crescent for difference. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical] Reference
St. James the Greater has the escallop shell and staff of the pilgrim. From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
Two lions, argent, crowned with ducal coronets, or, each having a plain collar, gules, charged with three escallop shells of the second. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [The Handbook to English Heraldry] Reference
On a chapeau gu. turned up ermine a demi-dragon, wings inverted or. holding an escallop shell arg. ". From Wordnik.com. [A History of Caroline County, Virginia] Reference
Everywhere in London, of course, we have the coffee-stall, the cockle, whelk, and escallop stall, the oyster bar (8d. per doz.), the baked potato and chestnut man, and (an innovation of. From Wordnik.com. [Nights in London] Reference
The general outline and shape of the Norman capital is that of a square cubical mass, having the lower part rounded off with a contour resembling that of an ovolo moulding; the face on each side of the upper part of the capital is flat, and it is often separated from the lower part by an escalloped edge; and where such division is formed by more than one escallop, the lower part is channelled between each, and the spaces below the escalloped edges are worked or moulded so as to resemble inverted and truncated semicones. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.] Reference
Since animals exist for us, to benefit us in one way or another, what harms them really doesn't matter - or matters only if it starts to bother us, makes us feel a trifle uneasy when we eat our veal escallop, for example. ". From Wordnik.com. [Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories] Reference
Sable, three escallop shells. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical] Reference
Arms. Gules, three escallop shells. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical] Reference
IIL Jrms. Gules, three escallop shells. From Wordnik.com. [Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical] Reference
"escallop. From Wordnik.com. [The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness] Reference
"Lamb chops and brains breaded -- sweetbreads -- escallop of veal -- fresh mushrooms -- Italian squash when in season -- asparagus or cauliflower -- fried in fresh butter -- dipped in beaten eggs -- lime jus.". From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
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