from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scalp \Scalp\, n. [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf.
{Scallop}.]
1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually
covered with hair.
[1913 Webster]
By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: The top; the summit. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
{Scalp lock}, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the
head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
[1913 Webster]