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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCALP, n. [L. scalpo.]
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, v.t. To deprive of the scalp, or integuments of the head.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy" v
1: sell illegally, as on the black market
2: remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, crown of the head, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sk?lpr sheath; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe shell Date: 14th century 1. a. the part of the integument of the human head usually covered with hair in both sexes b. the part of an animal (as a wolf or fox) corresponding to the human scalp 2. a. a part of the human scalp with attached hair cut or torn from an enemy as a token of victory b. a trophy of victory or accomplishment 3. chiefly Scottish a projecting mass of bare ground or rock II. verb Date: 1676 transitive verb 1. a. to deprive of the scalp b. to remove an upper part from 2. to remove a desired constituent from and discard the rest 3. to buy and sell so as to make small quick profits <scalp stocks> <scalp grain>; especially to resell at greatly increased prices <scalp theater tickets> intransitive verb 1. to take scalps 2. to profit by slight market fluctuations • scalper noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the skin covering the top of the head, with the hair etc. attached. 2 a hist. the scalp of an enemy cut or torn away as a trophy by an American Indian. b a trophy or symbol of triumph, conquest, etc. 3 Sc. a bare rock projecting above water etc. --v.tr. 1 hist. take the scalp of (an enemy). 2 criticize savagely. 3 US defeat; humiliate. 4 US colloq. resell (shares, tickets, etc.) at a high or quick profit. Derivatives: scalpless adj. Etymology: ME, prob. of Scand. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scalp 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scalp 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]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scalp Scalp (sk[a^]lp), n. [Cf. Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scalp 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scalps, scalping, scalped) 1. Your scalp is the skin under the hair on your head. He smoothed his hair back over his scalp... N-COUNT: usu sing 2. To scalp someone means to remove the skin and hair from the top of their head. He pretended to scalp me with his sword. VERB: V n 3. A scalp is the piece of skin and hair that is removed when someone is scalped. N-COUNT 4. If someone scalps tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value. (AM; in BRIT, use tout) He was trying to pick up some cash scalping tickets. VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

bark, be caught short, be short, belong, bucket, bucketshop, decorticate, deposit margin, excoriate, flay, go long, hold on, make a killing, make a scoop, margin up, miss the market, operate, overstay the market, pare, peel, play the market, plunge, pyramid, scoop the market, skin, speculate, stag, stag the market, strip, take a flier, trade on margin, venture