3. A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and
quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. [Cant]
4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
[Cant]
Scalp"ing (sklp"ng), a. & n. from Scalp.
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.
Scal"pri*form (?), a. [L. scalprum chisel, knife + -form.] (Anat.)
Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.
Scal"y (?), a. 1. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
"Scaly crocodile." Milton.