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.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.