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Webster 1913 Edition
Scalp
1.
That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
By the bare
This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
scalp
of Robin Hodd’s fat friar,This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
Shakespeare
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.
Scalp
,Verb.
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.
Scalp
,Verb.
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]
Webster 1828 Edition
Scalp
SCALP
,Noun.
1.
The skin of the top of the head; as a hairless scalp.2.
The skin of the top of the head cut or torn off. A scalp among the Indians of America is a trophy of victory.SCALP
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
scalp
scalp
English
Noun
scalp (plural scalps)
- (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
- 2014, Kaitlin Newman in Baltimore Sun, Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney’s family holds out hope
- The original titanium mesh plate that was inserted in the summer of 2010 was removed last June since it was causing his scalp to break down.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- By the bare scalpe of Robin Hoods fat Fryer, / This fellow were a King, for our wilde faction.
- 2014, Kaitlin Newman in Baltimore Sun, Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney’s family holds out hope
- A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by Native American warriors as a token of victory.
- Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
- A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
- 1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior (page 331)
- Pat Buchanan, in his ongoing presidential quest, claimed his first scalp, and Donald Wildmon's newsletter chortled that his efforts in opposing the NEA had paid off.
- 1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior (page 331)
- (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish; a scaup.
- (figuratively) The top; the summit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Macaulay to this entry?)
Derived terms
Translations
part of head where the hair grows
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part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
bed of shellfish — see scaup
Verb
scalp (third-person singular simple present scalps, present participle scalping, simple past and past participle scalped)
- To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- (slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
- To screen or sieve ore before further processing
- scalped ore
- (surgery) To remove the skin of.
- J. S. Wells
- We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye].
- J. S. Wells
- (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Translations
to remove part of the head
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