Skelp

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skelp \Skelp\, n. [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.
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     2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skelp \Skelp\, v. t.
     1. To strike; to slap. [Scot.] --C. Reade.
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     2. To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling;
        also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skelp \Skelp\, n.
     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.
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