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• scalp — [skalp] n. [ME < Scand, as in Dan dial. skalp, pod, shell, ON skalpr, sheath < IE * skelb , extension of base * (s)kel > SCALE2] 1. the skin on the top and back of the head, usually covered with hair 2. a part of this, cut or torn from… …   English World dictionary

• Scalp — Scalp, n. [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. {Scallop}.] 1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. [1913 Webster] By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd s fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction!… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Scalp lock — Scalp Scalp, n. [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. {Scallop}.] 1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. [1913 Webster] By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd s fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scalp´er — scalp «skalp», noun, verb. –n. 1. the skin and hair on the top and back of the head. 2. a) a part of this skin and hair cut off as a token of victory. Some Indians of North America used to collect the scalps of their enemies. b) Figurative: »The… …   Useful english dictionary

• scalp — ► NOUN 1) the skin covering the top and back of the head. 2) historical the scalp with the hair cut away from an enemy s head as a battle trophy, a former practice among American Indians. ► VERB 1) take the scalp of (an enemy). 2) informal punish …   English terms dictionary

• scalp — [[t]skæ̱lp[/t]] scalps, scalping, scalped 1) N COUNT: usu sing Your scalp is the skin under the hair on your head. He smoothed his hair back over his scalp... Massage the shampoo into the scalp. 2) VERB To scalp someone means to remove the skin… …   English dictionary

• scalp — scalp1 [skælp] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) the skin on the top of your head ▪ Massage the shampoo gently into your hair and scalp. 2.) sb s scalp informal if you want someone s scalp, you want them to be… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scalp lock — noun a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head • Hypernyms: ↑hairdo, ↑hairstyle, ↑hair style, ↑coiffure, ↑coif * * * noun : a long tuft of hair on the crown of the otherwise shaved head of a warrior of some tribes of American Indians * * …   Useful english dictionary

• scalp — scalper, n. scalpless, adj. /skalp/, n. 1. the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures. 2. a part of this integument with the accompanying hair, severed from the head of an enemy as a… …   Universalium

• scalp — [13] Scalp originally meant ‘top of the head, cranium’; it was not used for the ‘skin on top of the head’ until the 17th century. It is not altogether clear where the word came from, but its resemblance to Old Norse skálpr ‘sheath, shell’ and the …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• scalp — noun 1》 the skin covering the top and back of the head. 2》 historical the scalp with the hair cut away from an enemy s head as a battle trophy, a former practice among American Indians. 3》 Scottish a bare rock projecting above surrounding water… …   English new terms dictionary