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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.
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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.