sculp ((v.))

[var. of scalp]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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v. — Sealing, Esp. Nfld

remove the sculp (def. 2) (from).

See: sculp ((n.)) (def. 2),sculping(def. 1)

Quotations

1832

[. . . the weather often is such as to leave no time to scalp the seals on the ice, and the carcasses are then carried whole to the vessel.]

1842

Having killed or at least stunned all they see within a short distance, they skin, or, as they call it, "sculp" them. . . .

1923

Fast as our arms could swing we slew them,/Ripped them, "sculped" them, roped and drew them/To the pans. . . .