skelp

To strike, especially with the open hand; slap; spank.

To kick severely.

To beat, as a clock.

To move rapidly or briskly along; hurry; run; bound.

To leap awkwardly.

A slap: a stroke; a blow.

A squall; a heavy fall of rain.

A large portion. Compare skelper, 2, and skelping. Jamieson.

A strip of iron prepared for making a pipe or tube by bending it round a bar and welding it. Those made for gun-barrels are thicker at one end than at the other.

To strike; to slap.