SCALPER


Meaning of SCALPER in English

n. 1 a person or thing that scalps (esp. in sense 4 of v.). 2 (also scauper, scorper) an engraver's tool for hollowing out woodcut or linocut designs.

[ SCALP + -ER(1): sense 2 also f. L scalper cutting tool f. scalpere carve ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.