| 释义 |
scalpy, a. dial.|ˈskælpɪ|
[f. scalp n.1]
Having a thin covering of soil suggesting a scalp.
1621R. Brathwait Omphale in Nat. Emb. 222 Where scalpie hils and sandie vales imply, The ploughmans toile's requited slenderly. 1808Jamieson, Scalpy (pron. Scaupy), a term applied to ground, when the soil is thin. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., Some's so near th'rock it's scalpy, and, in a way o' speakin', good to nowt. |