1. Noun
A bed of oysters or mussels.
2. Noun
That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
3. Noun
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.
4. Noun
Fig.: The top; the summit.
5. Verb
To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
6. Verb
To remove the skin of.
7. Verb
To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
8. Verb
To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
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