verbex-scalpoEX-SCALPO☆ KeepMeaningto cut outLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879EXSCALPOLEWIS & SHORTEXSCALPOex-scalpo, āre, v. a., I. to cut out, shape. —Trop., to frame, prepare, of a passage in verse: hunc locum nostra poetica scabies coepit exscalpare, Auson. Idyl. 11 praef.Read the whole entry