Scalp
Scalp (skalp) , noun
[Compare Scallop.]
A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scottish]
Scalp , noun
[Perhaps akin to Dutch schelp shell. Compare 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!
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.
Figuratively: The top; the summit. — Macaulay
Collocations (1)
Scalp lock , a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
Scalp , transitive verb
1.
To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
2.
(Surgery) To remove the skin of.
We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye].
3.
(Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. — Knight
Scalp , intransitive verb
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]