scalping
present participle of scalp
scalping (plural scalpings)
The action by which someone is scalped.
(finance) A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
(finance) A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.
• clasping, placings
Source: Wiktionary
Scalp"ing,
Definition: a. & n. from Scalp. Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory.
– Scalping knife, a knife used by north American Indians in scalping.
Scalp, n. Etym: [Cf. Scallop.]
Definition: A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
Scalp, n. Etym: [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. Scallop.]
1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! Shak.
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.
3. Fig.: The top; the summit. Macaulay. Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.
Scalp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalping.]
1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: To remove the skin of. We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. J. S. Wells.
3. (Milling.)
Definition: To brush the hairs of fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight.
Scalp, v. i.
Definition: To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. [Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
