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| 2 results for scalping | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scalping \Scalp"ing\ (sk[acr]lp"[icr]ng), a. & n. from {Scalp}. {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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scalp \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.) 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. | |
