Synonyms for scalping
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skalp |
| Phonetic Transcription : skælp |
Définition of scalping
Origin :- mid-14c., "top of the head (including hair)," presumably from a Scandinavian source (though exact cognates are wanting) related to Old Norse skalli "a bald head," skalpr "sheath, scabbard,"from the source of scale (n.1). French scalpe, German, Danish, Swedish skalp are from English. Meaning "head skin and hair as proof of death or a victory trophy" is from c.1600.
- verb take money
- "Yes, scalping must be most interesting," murmured Chrysophrasia, with an air of conviction.
- Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
- Next to scalping, it is the greatest feat of the Indian warrior.
- Extract from : « Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by James Athearn Jones
- Their pursuers now dismounted with the intention of scalping them.
- Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
- You cannot keep him alive for ever killing and scalping him.
- Extract from : « The Buffalo Runners » by R.M. Ballantyne
- What could be in poorer taste than scalping a man between the soup and the remove?
- Extract from : « Comic History of the United States » by Bill Nye
- A near-naked Indian was rushing at him out of the water, scalping knife high.
- Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
- The Indians pursued their warfare by hiding in the bushes and then scalping them.
- Extract from : « What Is Man? And Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The Indians first occupied themselves with scalping the corpses of their enemies.
- Extract from : « The Trapper's Daughter » by Gustave Aimard
- Is not this, then, Scalping Peter, who bears so terrible a name on all this frontier?
- Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Black-deer gave a sarcastic smile, and drew his scalping knife.
- Extract from : « The Border Rifles » by Gustave Aimard
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