01 n. A blow; a smart stroke.
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A blow; a smart stroke.[Prov. Eng.]
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A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.[Scot.]
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5 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Skelp
· IPA /skɛlp/
02 v. t. To strike; to slap.
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To strike; to slap.[Scot.]
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To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.
03 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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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.