scallop

1. (transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scallopedExamples: "I stewed them, made them into soup, and crowned all my efforts by a grand success in scalloping them, deceiving every one into the belief that they were eating oysters."; "And I can scallop those cold boiled potatoes and stew a can of tomatoes."; "You can scallop, steam, poach, bread, brown, stuff, or put your fish in a sauce, and still have it moist and tender."transitive

2. (intransitive) To harvest scallopsExamples: "He has never wanted to live anywhere but the Island, he says, where he can scallop or ice-boat in winter, depending on his mood; hunt bluebills and deer in season; look after his cows and his sheep."; "The project has just now been completed only for me to find I may not be able to catch scallops by placing the F/V "Miss Sue Ann" into the Occasional catagory.^([sic]) Please let me know how, given the unusual factual situation that I find myself in, I can scallop more than 19 days."; "Jimmy used to scallop from October to March and bartend a few shifts here and there over the summers when scalloping is prohibited."intransitive