2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scalping \Scalp"ing\ (sk[a^]lp"[i^]ng), a. & n. from {Scalp}. [1913 Webster] {Scalping iron} (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. {Scalping knife}, a knife used by North American Indians in scalping. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of. [1913 Webster] We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S. Wells. [1913 Webster] 3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
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