Defn: Fishing for scallops.
SCALP
Scalp, n. Etym: [Cf. Scallop.]
Defn: A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
SCALP
Scalp, n. Etym: [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.
3. Fig.: The top; the summit. Macaulay. Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
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.
2. (Surg.)