Scalp (sklp), n. [Cf. Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]

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.

By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a

king for our wild faction!

Shak.

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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