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Definition of Skelping
1. skelp [v] - See also: skelp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skelping
Literary usage of Skelping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"skelping TONGS In the Simpson patent for apparatus for ... provided with an
endless traveling chain and "skelping tongs" having a hook to engage the chain, ..."
2. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"Poet Burns ! poet Burns ! wi' your priest Why desert ye your auld native ahire ?
The Kirk of Scotland'* Alarms. skelping turns ! ..."
3. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"2. Any thing or person of large dimensions. skelping, Stout, lusty. " That's a
skelping lass," as a substantive, a flogging. ..."
4. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"2. Any thing or person of large dimensions. skelping, Stout, lusty. " That's a
skelping lass," as a substantive, a flogging. ..."
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