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