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scelp

[skelp]
–noun, verb (used with object) Scot. and North England.
skelp 1 .

skelp

1[skelp] Scot. and North England
–noun
1. a slap, smack, or blow, esp. 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), esp. on the buttocks; spank.
4. to drive (animals) by slapping or goading them.
Also, scelp.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME; prob. imit.
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