SKELP

Etymology 1

Verb

skelp (third-person singular simple present skelps, present participle skelping, simple past and past participle skelped)

(transitive, Scotland, northern England) To beat or slap.

(intransitive, Scotland) To move briskly along.

Noun

skelp (plural skelps)

A blow; a smart stroke.

(Scotland) A squall; a heavy fall of rain.

(Scotland) A large portion.

Etymology 2

Noun

skelp (plural skelps)

A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.

Verb

skelp (third-person singular simple present skelps, present participle skelping, simple past and past participle skelped)

(transitive) To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.

(transitive) To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.

Anagrams

• kelps, spelk

Source: Wiktionary

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Skelp, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., a slap with the palm of the hand, v., to strike with the palm of the hand.]

1. A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.

2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]

Skelp, v. t.

Definition: To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade.

Skelp, n.

Definition: A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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