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Subject:	Re: Scalloped
From:	geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:01:38 +0200
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the "scalloping" is supposed to be the rounded bits on the edges, according 
to the OED examples dealing with clothing, leaves, butterfly wings, etc. 
(none of which is usually "corrugated")
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Scalloped


> The "scallop" bivalves around here exhibit deeply indented grooves or a
> corrugated surface that I always associated with the term "scalloped."

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