scalp definition of scalp in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

scalp, the integument covering the top of the head. It consists of three layers of tissue: the skin skin, the flexible tissue (integument) enclosing the body of vertebrate animals. In humans and other mammals, the skin operates a complex organ of numerous structures (sometimes called the integumentary system) serving vital protective and metabolic functions.
..... Click the link for more information. , an underlying layer of tissue and blood vessels, and the occipitofrontalis muscle stretching from the eyebrows to the back of the head. Except for its abundant growth of hair hair, slender threadlike outgrowth from the skin of mammals. In some animals hair grows in dense profusion and is called fur or wool. Although all mammals show some indication of hair formation, dense hair is more common among species located in colder climates and
..... Click the link for more information. , the skin of the scalp resembles that of the rest of the body but is especially rich in blood vessels. Hence profuse bleeding may be associated with scalp injuries.

scalp

1. Anatomy the skin and subcutaneous tissue covering the top of the head

2. (among North American Indians) a part of this removed as a trophy from a slain enemy

3. Hunting chiefly US a piece of hide cut from the head of a victim as a trophy or as proof of killing in order to collect a bounty

4. Informal chiefly US a small speculative profit taken in quick transactions

5. Scot dialect a projection of bare rock from vegetation

scalp [skalp]

(metallurgy)

To remove surface layers, and thereby defects, from ingots, billets, or slabs by machining.

(mining engineering)

To remove undesirable fine material from broken ore, stone, or gravel.

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No references found	At the conclusion of each massacre in either country, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at stated regular periods, as may be provided by treaty, there shall be an exchange of scalps between the two Governments, scalp for scalp, without regard to sex or age; the Government having the greatest number is to be taxed on the excess at the rate of $1000 a scalp, and the other Government credited with the amount. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context my son," cried the old fellow, in imploring accents, "you are too brave, too honorable to scalp your father Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context If he is, and spouts a whole lot of that bone-dry stuff about the ancient Mayan civilization and their antiquities, with side lights on how the old-time Indians used to scalp their enemies, I'm going to the moving pictures Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context	scaler scales scales falling from eyes scales of motion Scales, Gerald Scales, Sophia Baines Scalia, Antonin Scalibregmidae Scaliger Scaliger, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Julius Caesar, and Scaliger, Joseph Justus scaling scaling circuit scaling factor scaling law scaling ratio scaling symmetry scallion scallop scallop shell scalloped capital scalloped upland scalloping scallywag scalp scalp rock scalped anticline scalped extrusion ingot Scalpel Scalpellidae scalper Scalping scalping chips scaly anteater scaly bark scaly leg SCAM Scamander scamillus scammony Scamozzi order Scamozzi, Vincenzo SCAMP scampi scan Scan Checking scan converter scan design scan head scan line	scalloped upland Scalloped Vertebra Scalloped Vertebra Scalloped Vertebra scalloper scalloper scalloper scallopers scallopers scallopers scallopine scalloping scalloping scalloping scallopini Scalloppine scallops scallops scallops scallops Scally scallywag scallywag scallywags scallywags Scallywear scalogram SCALOP scaloppine scaloppini scalp Scalp Averaged Auditory Evoked Potentials Scalp Flap Surgery scalp hair scalp lock scalp locks scalp medication Scalp Reduction Scalp Reduction Surgery scalp rock scalp vein needle scalp vein needle scalp vein needle scalp vein needle Scalp-Ear-Nipple Syndrome scalped scalped scalped scalped scalped anticline scalped extrusion ingot scalpel scalpel scalpel scalpel Scalpellidae scalpels scalpels scalpels SCALPEM scalper

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At the conclusion of each massacre in either country, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at stated regular periods, as may be provided by treaty, there shall be an exchange of scalps between the two Governments, scalp for scalp, without regard to sex or age; the Government having the greatest number is to be taxed on the excess at the rate of $1000 a scalp, and the other Government credited with the amount.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

my son," cried the old fellow, in imploring accents, "you are too brave, too honorable to scalp your father

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

If he is, and spouts a whole lot of that bone-dry stuff about the ancient Mayan civilization and their antiquities, with side lights on how the old-time Indians used to scalp their enemies, I'm going to the moving pictures

Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context

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