Dictionary entry

Scalp (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. J. S. Wells.

3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight.