Scalp (?), n. [Cf. Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
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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.
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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 of fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
Knight.
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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]
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