scalping

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scalping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scalping \Scalp"ing\ (sk[a^]lp"[i^]ng),
     a. & n. from Scalp.
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     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.
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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.
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     2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
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              We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S.
                                                    Wells.
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     3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat
        grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight.
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