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Look up: Scalping

  1. Scalping
    Rough cleaning of paddy; removes most foreign material prior to drying and storage.
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  2. Scalping
    is the removal of the finer fraction of a feed to a stone processing plant to reject unwanted material.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. scalping
    Removal of the scalp and hair from an enemy as a trophy. Scalping is usually associated with American Indian peoples, although it was relatively uncommon among them until the Spanish, French,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. scalping
    the removal of vegetation and other organic or inorganic material to expose underlying mineral soil and prepare an area for planting or seeding Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • accomplished at some point along the line of aggregate flow. Catego...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Scalping
    Scalp'ing (skălp'ĭng), adjective & noun 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/25

  6. scalping
    <surgery> Scalping iron, an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. Scalping knife, a knife used by north American Indians in scalping. ... (06 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. Scalping
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scalp • a. & n. from Scalp.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. scalping
    removal of all or part of the scalp, with hair attached, from an enemy`s head. Historical evidence indicates that many cultures have engaged in the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/39

  9. Scalping
    Buying up the good IPOs.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg

  10. Scalping
    Scalping is slang for profiteering, particularly by re-selling tickets at an inflated price.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Scalping
    Scalping is slang for profiteering, particularly by re-selling tickets at an inflated price.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. scalping
    scalping, taking the scalp of an enemy. The custom, comparable to head-hunting, was formerly practiced in Europe and Asia (Herodotus describes its practice by the Scythians, for example), but it is generally associated with North American natives, although many such groups did not take scalps. Most ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  13. Scalping
    `Scalping` is the act of removing another person`s scalp or a portion of their scalp, either from a dead body or from a living person. The initial purpose of scalping was to provide a trophy of battle or portable proof of a combatant`s prowess in war. Eventually, the act became motivated primarily f...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalping



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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