Bible Dictionaries
Scalp

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.

(2):

(v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

(3):

(n.) That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.

(4):

(n.) Fig.: The top; the summit.

(5):

(v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; - said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

(6):

(v. t.) To remove the skin of.

(7):

(v. t.) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.

(8):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scalp'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scalp.html. 1828.