Scalp

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
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              We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S.
                                                    Wells.
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     3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat
        grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scalp \Scalp\ (sk[a^]lp), n. [Cf. {Scallop}.]
     A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
              This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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     3. Fig.: The top; the summit. --Macaulay.
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     {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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "scalp":
     bark, be caught short, be short, belong, bucket, bucketshop,
     decorticate, deposit margin, excoriate, flay, go long, hold on,
     make a killing, make a scoop, margin up, miss the market, operate,
     overstay the market, pare, peel, play the market, plunge, pyramid,
     scoop the market, skin, speculate, stag, stag the market, strip,
     take a flier, trade on margin, venture