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Escalade
Escalade Es`ca*lade", n. [F., Sp. escalada (cf. It. scalata), fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L. scala ladder. See Scale, v. t.] (Mil.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart. Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. --Buckminster.
Escalade
Escalade Es`ca*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Escaladed
Escalade Es`ca*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Escalading
Escalade Es`ca*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Escalator
Escalator Es"ca*la`tor, n. [NL. Cf. Escalade.] A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
Escallop
Escallop Es*cal"lop, n. See Escalop.
Escalloped
Escalloped Es*cal"loped, a. See Escaloped.
Escalop
Escalop Es*cal"op (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See Scallop.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop. 2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop. ``So many jags or escalops.' --Ray. 3. (a) The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Hence: (b) (Her.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.
Escaloped
Escaloped Es*cal"oped, a. 1. Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped. 2. (Her.) Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.
Escaloped oysters
Escaloped Es*cal"oped, a. 1. Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped. 2. (Her.) Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.
Mescal
Mescal Mes*cal", n. [Sp.] A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.

Meaning of Escal from wikipedia

- ****houd's biographer Mirande Lucien, Escal-Vigor was the book of a man who wanted to speak about himself in all freedom. Escal-Vigor is a homogeneous, linear...
- The SANS Institute (officially the Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies) is a private U.S. for-profit company founded in 1989 that specializes in...
- posterior escal appendage is broad and laterally compressed. Its species name is from the Gr**** for "double hook", referring to its escal hooks. Ralph...
- Experience". Saint-Nazaire Tourisme & Patrimoine. Retrieved 5 January 2016. "Escal' Atlantic". Michelin. Retrieved 5 January 2016. "Escal'Atlantic, the Ocean...
- bulbous esca (the "fishing lure", its light owing to symbiotic bacteria). Escal morphology varies between species, and it may or may not possess denticles...
- dark brown to black color externally except for the escal appendages and distal portion of the escal bulb. Males are also the same color, except in their...
- Lasiognathus is Thaumatichthys, which also has enlarged and hinged premaxillaries, escal denticles, and a branched upper operculum. However, there are significant...
- Open Tree of Life: 401103 Paleobiology Database: 264392 PLANTS: ESCAL POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37033-1 Tropicos: 40006136 WFO: wfo-4000014019...
- the certification entity in 1999 and the term GIAC is trademarked by The Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies. GIAC provides a set of vendor-neutral...
- They are distinguished from other anglerfishes by the lack of the expanded escal bulb — the bioluminescent lure at the end of the illicium — and by their...