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skelp |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skelp \Skelp\, v. t. To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also to bend round (a skelp) in tube making. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. A squall; also a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skelp \Skelp\, v. t. To strike; to slap. [Scot.] --C. Reade. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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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