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   What does Skelp mean?

   • We welcome feedback: report an example sentence to the Collins team. Read more… And I gave him a bit of a skelp, I think, on the back of the leg. 3 meanings: 1. to slap 2. a slap sheet or plate metal that has been curved and welded to form a tube.... Click for more definitions.

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   Where does the verb Skelp come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb skelp is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for skelp is from around 1400–50, in Alexander. skelp is probably an imitative or expressive formation.

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   What is the meaning of 'Skel' in the Norton scale?

   • The term 'Skel' in the context of the Norton scale comes from Old Norse skāl, which means 'to have a given weight, as determined by a scale'. [Middle English, bowl, balance]

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   What is Skelp used for?

   • Scelp, skelp, n. long strips of iron used in forming a gun-barrel. FromProject Gutenberg It is not only the best descriptions of iron they plate with: twopenny skelp is more in use than any.

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   1. a slap, smack, or blow, esp. one given with the open hand. 2. the sound of such a slap or smack. transitive verb. 3. to slap, smack, or strike (someone), esp. on the buttocks; spank. 4. to drive (animals) by slapping or goading them.

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     3 senses: 1. to slap 2. a slap sheet or plate metal that has...

   • Skelpit

     Scottish slapped.... Click for English pronunciations,...

   • Skelton

     John. ?1460–1529, English poet celebrated for his short...

   • Skelter

     6 meanings: to scurry → 1. to move about or proceed...

   • Skelmersdale

     A town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town...

   • Skelly-Eyed

     4 meanings: → another term for skelly2 (sense 3) 1. to look...

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   Skelp definition: a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.. See examples of SKELP used in a sentence.

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   1. dialectal, British : strike, slap, beat. 2. dialectal, British : to drive with blows. 3. dialectal, British : to perform or accomplish in a brisk and lively fashion. intransitive verb. : to walk in a brisk and lively manner : hustle. skelp.

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   A sounding blow delivered with the flat of the hand or something having a flat surface; a slap. Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛtl/ but <petally> /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

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   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 of smithing and in the iron and steel industries. Before the 20th century, the welding ...

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb skelp. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   What does the verb skelp mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb skelp. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect and northern Scottish English.