SCALP


SCALP


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Word: scalp
Phonetic: /skælp/
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The top of the head; the skull.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. Example: Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
A bed or stratum of shellfish.
The top; the summit.
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally. Example: Tickets were being scalped for $300.
On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
To screen or sieve ore before further processing. Example: scalped ore
To remove the skin of.
To remove the grass from.
To destroy the political influence of.
(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.


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