shallop (plural shallops)
(archaic) A kind of light boat; a dinghy. [late 16th C.]
(archaic) A kind of large boat; a sloop.
Source: Wiktionary
Shal"lop, n. Etym: [F. chaloupe, probably from D. sloep. Cf. Sloop.] (Naut.)
Definition: A boat. [She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser.
Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
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