21 August 2017
skelp (1) or scelp
[skelp] Scot. and North England
noun
1. a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
2. the sound of such a slap or smack.
verb (used with object)
3. to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.
4. to drive (animals) by slapping or goading them.
Origin of skelp(1)
Middle English
1350-1400; Middle English; probably imitative
skelp(2)
[skelp]
noun
1. metal in strip form that is fed into various rolls and welded to form tubing.
Origin
First recorded in 1805-15; perhaps special use of skelp(1)
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Examples from the Web for skelp
Historical Examples
In making tubes of an inch of internal diameter, a skelp four inches and a half broad is employed.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
Hed admire to take a skelp, that Tomcat would, but hes shy the sand.
The Sunset Trail
Alfred Henry Lewis
Kilt yer coats, ye cutty, and skelp at it withouten fear or dread!
Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9
Anagram
kelps
Today’s quote
You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
– Leon Trotsky
On this day
21 August 1940 – death of Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronshtein). Russian Marxist revolutionary, Soviet politician, founder and first leader of the Red Army. Major figure in the Bolshevik victory during the Russian Civil War. After the Russian Revolution Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs. He was opposed to Joseph Stalin. He was expelled from the Communist Party in November 1927 and deported from the Soviet Union in 1929. Trotsky relocated to Mexico where he continued his opposition to Stalin. Trotsky was assassinated by ice-pick wielding Rámon Mercader in Mexico on the orders of Stalin. Trotskyism is a form of Marxism which is based on Trotsky’s ideas and opposed to Stalinism. Born 7 November 1879.
21 August 1952 – birth of Joe Strummer, co-founder, guitarist, lyricist and vocalist with UK punk band, The Clash. Died 22 December 2002.
21 August 1970 – birth of Fred Durst, American rock vocalist with Limp Bizkit.
21 August – International Day of Lucid Dreaming. For further information check out this podcast on ABC radio