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- English Word Scalp Definition A bed of oysters or mussels.
- English Word Scalp Definition That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
- English Word Scalp Definition 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.
- English Word Scalp Definition Fig.: The top; the summit.
- English Word Scalp Definition To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
- English Word Scalp Definition To remove the skin of.
- English Word Scalp Definition To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
- English Word Scalp Definition To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
- English Word Scalped Definition of Scalp
- English Word Scalpel Definition A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
- English Word Scalper Definition One who, or that which, scalps.
- English Word Scalper Definition Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
- English Word Scalper Definition A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.
- English Word Scalper Definition A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
- English Word Scalper Definition 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.
- English Word Scalping Definition of Scalp
- English Word Scalping Definition a. & n. from Scalp.
- English Word Scalpriform Definition Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.
- English Word Scaly Definition Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
- English Word Scaly Definition Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.