Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scalped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S.
Wells.
3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat
grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight.
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