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scalp

1. scalp \'skalp\ n [ME, of Scand origin; akin to ON ska-lpr sheath; akin 
   to MD schelpe] shell 1a: the part of the integument of the human head usu. 
   covered with hair  1b: the corresponding part of a lower animal (as a wolf 
   or fox)  2a: a part of the human scalp with attached hair cut or torn from 
   an enemy  as a token of victory by Indian warriors of No. America 2b: a 
   trophy of victory  chiefly Scot  3: a projecting mass of bare ground or 
   rock 
2. scalp vt 1a: to deprive of the scalp  1b: to remove an upper or better 
   part from  2: to screen or sift in order to remove foreign materials or to 
   separate o ut coarser grades 3a: to buy and sell so as to make small quick 
   profits {~ stocks R@ grain} 3b: to obtain and resell at greatly increased 
   prices  1: to take scalps  2a: to profit by slight market fluctuations  2b: 
   to scalp tickets  - scalp.er n