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scalp |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scalp \Scalp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalped}; p. pr & vb n. {Scalping}.] 1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of 2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S. Wells. 3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scalp \Scalp\, v. i. To make a small quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. [Cant] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scalp \Scalp\ (sk[a^]lp), n. [Cf. {Scallop}.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scalp \Scalp\, n. [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf {Scallop}.] 1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! --Shak. 2. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory. 3. Fig.: The top the summit. --Macaulay. {Scalp lock}, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scalp n : the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy" v 1: sell illegally, as on the black market 2: remove the scalp of "The enemies were scalped"
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