单词 | scalping measure |
释义 | > as lemmasscalping measure C1. attributive and in other combinations, as scalping act, scalping party; figurative in scalping measure. ΚΠ 1750 in J. H. Temple & G. Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass (1875) 381 Our Men will not venture out after the Enemy on any Scalping Act whatsoever. 1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 454 (note) They have detached their principal force into many scalping parties. 1777 Fox in Hansard's Parl. Hist. (1814) XIX. 523 The most violent, scalping, tomahawk measures. 1883 K. Neftel Rep. Flour-milling (10th Census U.S.) 9 The resultant ‘chop’ is separated into..flour, middlings, and bran, by means of bolts technically called ‘scalping-reels’. < as lemmas |
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