Scalped

Scalped
Scalp Scalp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scalping}.] 1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of. [1913 Webster]

2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of. [1913 Webster]

We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S. Wells. [1913 Webster]

3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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