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▪ I. skelp, n.1 Chiefly north. and Sc.
Also 6 scelpe.
[Related to skelp v.1]
A blow, esp. one given with the flat of the hand, or with something having a flat surface; a slap or smack; also, the noise made by a blow of this kind.
Also, in East Anglia, a strong kick (cf. the vb.). For other variations of meaning see the Eng. Dial. Dict.
c1440York Myst. xxxiii. 35 [He shall be] with schath of skelpys yll scarred. Ibid. 370 Fra oure skelpes not scatheles he skyppes. c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 323 Yit for drede of a skelp help well thi dam. Ibid. xii. 425 Now, in payn of a skelp This sang thou not lose. c1550Bale K. Johan (Camden) 26 He regardyth no more the pope than he dothe a whelpe. Well lett hym alone, for that wyll I geve hym a scelpe. 1555Lyndesay Satyre 127 (Bann. MS.), I sowld haif revin thame all in raggis, And laid on skelp for skelp. a1600Burel's Pilgr. in Watson Coll. Sc. Poems (1709) II. 48 Quhyls luking comfort to resaue, Quhyls luking for a skelp. 1794Burns Contented wi' Little 3, I gie them a skelp as they're creepin' alang. 1808Jamieson s.v., The water is said to come with a skelp on a boat, when its shock is sudden and violent. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 352 Skelp, a blow. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xvii, They came crack down on their bottoms with a loud skelp on the seats. 1887Schoolmaster 15 Jan. 104/1 He got two skelps on the side of the head.
fig.a1774R. Fergusson Drink Eclogue Poems 1789 II. 75 Wi' skelps like this fock sit but seenil down To wether⁓gammon.
▪ II. skelp, n.2
Also scelp.
[? f. skelp v.1 1.]
1. A thin narrow plate or flat strip of iron or steel, which by twisting and welding is converted into the barrel of a gun.
1811Patent (Bradley) No. 3437, The manufacturing of iron skelps (for the making of barrels for fire-arms)..by rollers instead of by forge hammers. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 96 When a common musket barrel is made, the maker inserts the thicker end of a skelp in the fire. 1881Greener Gun 219 He made the barrels by twisting a scelp with bevelled edges round a mandril.
2. attrib. and Comb., as skelp-bender, skelp-bending adj., skelp-forger, skelp-iron, skelp-twist, skelp-welding.
1804Aris's Gaz. (Birmingham) 23 Apr. 3/3 (Advt.), Wanted a good skelp-forger, who has a perfect knowledge of drawing skelps for all kinds of binding, military, and African gun barrels. 1845Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 672/1 A strike among the skelp⁓forgers. 1846Greener Sci. Gunnery 147 A barrel made from threepenny skelp iron. 1853Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) I. 724 This method has entirely superseded the skelp-welding by hand. 1892Greener Breech-Loader 4 The cheapest kind of twist barrels is that called scelp twist.
Add:[1.] b. Without article: iron or steel in the form of long narrow strips or sheets, used in the manufacture of pipes, gun barrels, etc.
1835W. Greener Gun viii. 39 (heading) Twopenny, or Wednesbury skelp. 1852C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts I. 818/1 These [pieces of scrap-iron] are sorted and used in preparing iron of various qualities, known as wire-twist,..twopenny, or Wednesbury-skelp, sham-damn-skelp. 1948Beaver Dec. 4 The iron barrels were forged of what was termed ‘sham damn skelp’. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. b8/5 Canadian Phoenix..has to purchase skelp and plate from other sources. 1984E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) xiv. 364 Both of these processes..utilize steel in the form of skelp—long, narrow strips of the desired thickness.
▪ III. † skelp, a. Obs.—1
[f. next.]
Good for galloping on (cf. skelping vbl. n.).
1607Markham Caval. iii. (1617) 30 But if he haue not sweat at all, then you shall vpon some faire skelpe earth gallop him till you make him sweat.
▪ IV. skelp, v.1 Chiefly north. and Sc.
Also 5–6 skelpe, 9 scelp.
[prob. imitative.]
1. trans. To strike, beat, slap, smack, in later use spec. on the breech.
a1400–50Alexander 1924 Ledis me him hedire, Þat I may him skelp with a skorge. c1440York Myst. xxxiii. 338 Skelpe hym with scourges and with skathes hym scorne. 1526Skelton Magnyf. 2207, I shall skelpe the on the skalpe; lo, seest thou that? 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. v. iii, I'm friends wi' Mause,..Altho' they skelpit me. 1797Brydges Hom. Trav. II. 348 Euripylus, who saw them skelp him, Resolved at any rate to help him. 1861Reade Cloister & H. lii, Why not take 'em by twos across thy knee, and skelp em till they cry Meculpee? 1888F. Hume Madame Midas i. iii, They should hae been skelped for their idleness.
absol.1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 133 She scolds at the lasses, she skelps at the bairns.
b. To drive with blows.
1824in Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 126 Mons Meg we'll drag out, and we'll thunner him down, We'll skelp him to hell. 1861R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1863) 131 My fair opponents skelp me aff. 1876Smiles Sc. Natur. i. 17 A byke was regarded as a glorious capture,..because of the fun the boys had in skelpin' out the bees.
2. E. Anglia. To kick violently.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia 303 Skelp, to kick with violence. 1895Rye E. Angl. Gloss.
3. intr. To skip, trip, walk, or run rapidly; to hurry. Also with it.
1721Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 68 Instead of coach, on foot they skelp it. 1786Burns Holy Fair ii, Three hizzies, early at the road, Cam skelpan up the way. 1790― Tam o' Shanter 81 Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire. 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf vi, If he will not take warning,..and no keep skelping about here. 1828Carr Craven Gloss., Skelp, to move quickly, to skelp away. 1902Belloc in Academy 3 May 453/1 Two hundred leagues and a half Marched I, skelped I, slipped I.
▪ V. skelp, v.2
[? f. skelp n.2, or a special use of prec.]
trans. To beat out into a skelp. Hence ˈskelping vbl. n.2 (in quot. attrib.).
1803Aris's Gaz. (Birmingham) 26 Dec. 2/4 (Advt.), Lot 1. A forge and mill..recently used as a plating or skelping forge. 1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 139 The sheet, when drawn from the furnace, is skelped upon the floor, or on an iron plate. |