scalp lock

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scalp lock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
              This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. 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.
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     3. Fig.: The top; the summit. --Macaulay.
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     Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the
        head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
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scalp lock - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scalp lock
      n 1: a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head