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Scalp [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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 transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To deprive of the scalp or integuments of the head.

Scalp [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A bed of oysters or mussels.

2. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.

3. 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.

4. Fig.: The top; the summit.

Scalp [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

Scalp [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

2. To remove the skin of.

3. To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.

Scalped [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Deprived of the skin of the head.

Scalped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scalp

Scalpel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In surgery, a knife used in anatomical dissections and surgical operations.

Scalpel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.

Scalper [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SCALP'ER ,

2. SCALP'ING, participle present tense Depriving of the skin of the top of the head.

Scalper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, scalps.

2. Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.

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

4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.

5. A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper.

Scalping Webster's Dictionary 1913

a. & n. from Scalp.

Scalping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Scalp

Scalping-iron [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An instrument of surgery, used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory.

Scalpriform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.