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n. [ L. dens tooth + scalpere to scrape. ] An instrument for scraping the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scallop. ] A bed of oysters or mussels. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. Scallop. ] 1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: The top; the summit. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel. ] (Surg.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, scalps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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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 ]

a. [ L. scalprum chisel, knife + -form. ] (Anat.) Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents. [ 1913 Webster ]