Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scalping"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

{Scalping iron} (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul
and carious bones; a raspatory.

{Scalping knife}, a knife used by North American Indians in
scalping.

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