SCALP

vt to remove the skin of.

2. scalp ·noun fig.: the top; the summit.

3. scalp ·noun a bed of oysters or mussels.

4. scalp ·vt to deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

5. scalp ·noun that part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.

6. scalp ·vt to brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.

7. scalp ·vi to make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market;

— said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

8. scalp ·noun a part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the indian warriors of north america, as a token of victory.