[ad. Fr. eschalotte (now échalotte), dim. of eschaloigne ESCALLION.] = SHALLOT.

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1707.  Mortimer, Husb. (1708), 455 (J.). Eschalotts are now from France become an English Plant.

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1750.  E. Smith, Compl. Housewife (ed. 14), 37. Take … some horse radish, one or two eschalots [etc.].

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1755.  Johnson, Eschalot. Pronounced shallot.

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1858.  Glenny, Gard. Every-day Bk., 48/1. Eschalots may still be planted, if not already in the ground.

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