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Definition of Scalp

1. Noun. The skin that covers the top of the head. "They wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"

2. Verb. Sell illegally, as on the black market.

3. Verb. Remove the scalp of. "The enemies were scalped"

Definition of Scalp

1. n. A bed of oysters or mussels.

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

3. v. t. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

4. 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.

Definition of Scalp

1. to remove an upper part from [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Scalp

1. 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. The top; the summit. Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians. Origin: Perhaps akin to D. Schelp shell. Cf. Scallop. 1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of. 2. To remove the skin of. "We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]" (J. S. Wells) 3. To brush the hairs of fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Origin: Scalped; Scalping. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalp

scalloping scalloping scallopini scallopinis scallops scallop shell scalls scally scallywag scallywags

scalogram scalograms scaloppine scaloppines scalp (current term) scalp (current term) scalped scalpel scalpel scalpels

scalper scalper scalpers scalping scalping scalpings scalpins scalpriform scalpriform incisors scalprum

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