scalp

1. n. A bed of oysters or mussels. Source: opted

2. n. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. Source: opted

3. n. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory. Source: opted

4. n. Fig.: The top; the summit. Source: opted

5. v. t. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of. Source: opted

6. v. t. To remove the skin of. Source: opted

7. v. t. To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Source: opted

8. v. i. To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. Source: opted

9. n. the skin that covers the top of the head Source: wordnet

10. v. sell illegally, as on the black market Source: wordnet

11. v. remove the scalp of Source: wordnet

12. A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.] 1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! Shak. 2. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory. 3. Fig.: The top; the summit. Macaulay. Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians. 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 of fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight. To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. [Cant] Source: webster

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