scalpare

scalpare [cf. ME scalp, ME scapelen < scapulare; cf. CL scalpere], to cut: a to hew (wood). b to shave (hair or head). a 1272 pro bosco ‥ culpando et ~ando Ac. Wellingb. 13; 1325 pro meremio ad carucas ~ando vj d. Rec. Elton 273; 1389 ad scalpand' mer[emium] et faciendas rotas carettarum MinAc 844/31. b sincipite †scalciati [l. scalpati] sunt ut fures, occipitio ‥ prolixas nutriunt comas ut meretrices Ord. Vit. VIII 10 p. 325.

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