Scalp (skălp), n. [Cf.
Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
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.