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Metal for tubing
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skelp
Word definitions for skelp in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] --Brockett. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A blow; a smart stroke. 2 (context Scotland English) A squall; a heavy fall of rain. vb. (context transitive Scotland northern England English) To beat or slap. Etymology 2 n. A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Skelp (sometimes spelled scelp ) is wrought iron or steel that is rolled or forged into narrow strips and ready to be made into pipe or tubing by being bent (into a cylindrical shape) and welded . The word is most commonly used in the traditional terminology ...
Usage examples of skelp.
She wanted to take her hand and skelp Bella across the ear, knock her flying.
It was only the Sir, God-like and remote and unlikely to threaten a body with a skelp on the lug.
Baxter took me to his links, quite ten miles off, where in a maze of tramway lines, railroads, and nursery-maids, we skelped our divotted way round nine holes like barges plunging through head seas.
They blew out the candles, threw down the table, and skelped out at the back door as if they were in earnest, and never drew rein till they were in the very heart of the wood.
I might manage a week before I went skelping across the frontier--but not more.