A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [1913 Webster]
, v. t.
To strike; to slap. C. Reade. [1913 Webster]
To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
, n.
A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed. [1913 Webster]