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