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scalp

  [skalp]
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–noun
1. the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
2. a part of this integument with the accompanying hair, severed from the head of an enemy as a sign of victory, as by some North American Indians and others during the colonial and frontier periods in the U.S.
3. any token of victory.
4. the integument on the top of the head of an animal.
5. Informal. a small profit made in quick buying and selling.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cut or tear the scalp from.
7. Informal.
a. to resell (tickets, merchandise, etc.) at higher than the official rates.
b. to buy and sell (stocks) so as to make small quick profits.
8. to plane down the surfaces of (an ingot, billet, or slab).
–verb (used without object)
9. Informal. to scalp tickets, stocks, or the like.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (north) (n.), perh. < ON skālpr sheath (hence, metaphorically a covering)

Related forms:
scalper, noun
scalpless, adjective
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Word Origin & History

scalp  (n.)
c.1300, presumably from a Scand. source (though exact cognates are wanting) related to O.N. skalli "bald head," skalpr "sheath," from the source of scale (n.2). Fr. scalpe, Ger., Swed. skalp are from English. The verb meaning "to cut off (someone's) scalp" is recorded from 1676, originally in ref. to N.Amer. Indians.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: scalp
Function: transitive verb
: to buy and sell so as to make small quick profits <scalp stocks>; especially : to resell at greatly increased prices intransitive verb : to profit by slight market fluctuations — —scalp·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: scalp
Pronunciation: 'skalp
Function: noun
: the part of the integument of the head usually covered with hair in both sexes
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

scalp (skālp)
n.
The skin covering the top of the head.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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