scalp
scalp / skalp/ • n. the skin covering the head, excluding the face. ∎ hist. the scalp with the hair belonging to it cut or torn away from an enemy's head as a battle trophy, esp. by an American Indian.• v. [tr.] hist. take the scalp of (an enemy). ∎ inf. sell (a ticket) for a popular event at a price higher than the official one: tickets were scalped for forty times their face value.ORIGIN: Middle English (denoting the skull or cranium): probably of Scandinavian origin.
scalp
scalp (dial.) top of the head, skull XIII; integument of this XVII. north. ME. scalp, prob. of Scand. orig., but the Eng. senses are not found in any Scand. or other Gmc. lang.: cf. ON. skálpr sheath (Da. dial. skalp shell, husk), MLG. schulpe, MDu. schelpe (Du. schelp) shell.
Hence vb. remove the scalp OF. XVII.
Hence vb. remove the scalp OF. XVII.
Scalp
Scalp
an oyster colony or a mussel bed, 1521.
Examples : mussel scalp; 1557; oyster scalps, 1862.
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