SKELPED

Verb

skelped

simple past tense and past participle of skelp

Anagrams

• spelked

Source: Wiktionary


SKELP

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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