SCALP

Scalp

The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the face anteriorly and the neck to the sides and posteriorly.

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scalp

Noun

  1. The top of the head; the skull.
  2. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
  3. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by Native American warriors as a token of victory.
    Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
  4. A victory.
  5. A bed or stratum of shellfish; a scaup.
  6. The top; the summit.

Verb

  1. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
  2. To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
  3. To screen or sieve ore before further processing
    scalped ore
  4. To remove the skin of.
  5. To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.


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