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
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. 2012