Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCALP'EL
SCALP'EDSCALP'ER, or SCALP'ING-IRON
SCALP'EL, n. [L. scalpellum, from scalpo, to scrape.]
In surgery, a knife used in anatomical dissections and surgical operations. – Encyc.
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