SCALP

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, crown of the head, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skālpr sheath; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe shell Date: 14th century 1. the part of the integument of the human head usually covered with hair in both sexes, the part of an animal (as a wolf or fox) corresponding to the human ~, 2. a part of the human ~ with attached hair cut or torn from an enemy as a token of victory, a trophy of victory or accomplishment, a projecting mass of bare ground or rock, II. verb Date: 1676 transitive verb 1. to deprive of the ~, to remove an upper part from, to remove a desired constituent from and discard the rest, to buy and sell so as to make small quick profits , intransitive verb to take ~s, to profit by slight market fluctuations, ~er noun