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]
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.
2. (Surg.) To remove the
skin of.
We must scalp the whole lid [of
the eye].
J. S. Wells.
3. (Milling) To brush the
hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight.
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.
By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild
faction!
Shak.
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. Fig.: The top;
the summit.
Macaulay.
Scalp lock, a long tuft of
hair left on the crown
of the head
by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
Scalp (skălp), n.
[Cf. Scallop.]
A
bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
Hear it pronounced