scalp

n. தலையுச்சிவட்டம், உச்சிவட்டக்குடுமித் தோல், அமெரிக்க செவ்விந்திய பழங்குடிமக்கள் வழக்கில் வெற்றிக்கு அறிகுறியாகக் கிழித்தெடுத்து அணிந்து கொள்ளப்படும் எதிரியின் வட்டக்குடுமித் தோல், வன்பால் மலைமுகடு, திமிங்கிலத் தலை மேற்பகுதி, (வினை.) செவ்விந்திய வழக்கில்தோற்றவரின் குடுமித்தோலைக் கீறி எடு, ஈவிரக்கமின்றிக்குறை இறக்கு.

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Scalp, n. Etym: [Cf. Scallop.] Defn: A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.] Scalp, n. Etym: [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. Scallop.] 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. 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.) Defn: To remove the skin of. We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. J. S. Wells. 3. (Milling.) Defn: To brush the hairs of fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight. Scalp, v. i. Defn: 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]

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