n. The top of the head; the head, skull, or sconce.n. The integument of the upper part of the head and associated subcutaneous structures; the skin, the occipitofrontalis muscle, and its broad fascia-like tendon and connective tissue, with their vessels and nerves, together forming the covering of the skull, and freely movable upon the subjacent bones.n. The scalp or a part of it, together with the hair growing upon it, cut or torn from the head of a living or dead person. Among the North American Indians scalps are taken as trophies of victory.n. The skin of the head of a noxious wild animal. A bounty has sometimes been offered for wolves' scalps.n. The head or skull of a whale exclusive of the lower jaw.n. In heraldry, the skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached: a rare bearing.To deprive of the scalp; remove the scalp of.Hence To skin or flay in general; denude; lay bare; specifically, to deprive of grass or turf.In milling: To separate (the fuzzy growths at the ends of the berries of wheat or other grain) by attrition and screening, with or without the employment of aspirators.To separate, after the first operation of the breaking-rolls (the broken wheat, semolina, and break-flour), and after each subsequent use of the breaking-rolls (making in some schemes of milling six separate operations) to treat (the products) in the same manner with sieves, bolts, or screens of different grades of fineness.To sell at less than official or recognized rates, by sharing the commission or profit with the purchaser, or by purchasing cheap and asking only a small advance: as, to scalp railway-tickets.In Amer. polit. slang, to destroy the political influence of, or punish for insubordination to party rule.n. A bed of oysters or mussels.To cut or scrape. See scalping-iron.n. An early type of cultivator blade, nearly horizontal in position, so called as cutting a thin layer from the soil. Cf. sweep, 12 .
