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▪ I. scalped, ppl. a.1|skælpt|
[f. scalp v.2 + -ed1.]
a. Having the scalp torn off.
b. Of a mountain: Having a naked summit. Of land: Having the turf stripped off.
1754J. Shebbeare Matrimony (1766) II. 275 A long list of ruined Virgins by means of this Act will undoubtedly be as acceptable to its Abettors as a Number of scalped Christians to an Indian Chief. 1855Browning Childe Roland xxx, A tall scalped mountain. 1890St. Nicholas May 556/2 Many a good in-field [for base-ball] has no turf on it, and is called a ‘scalped’ field.
c. Metallurgy. Having had the surface layer removed.
1958Times Rev. Industry June 53/1 Scalped wire bars..seen in the place of the familiar round extrusion billet. 1965Gloss. Terms Copper, Zinc & Alloys (B.S.I.) 15 Scalped stock (for other than tube), stock intended for further fabrication from which the surface has been removed by machining to improve the quality of the final product.
▪ II. scalped, ppl. a.2 dial.
In quot. scauped.
[f. scalp n.2 + -ed2.]
Cultivated on a ‘scalp’.
1894Standard 10 Feb. 6/7 ‘Scauped’, or cultivated mussels. |