
1) Firearm construction 2) Metal for tubing
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Skelp (sometimes spelled scelp) is iron or steel rolled or forged into narrow strips and ready to be made into pipe or tubing by being bent and welded. It is most commonly used in the traditional terminology of smithing and in the iron and steel industries. Before the 20th century, the welding was likely to be forge welding. In the 20th and 21st c...
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• (v. t.) To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making. • (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. • (v. t.) To strike; to slap. • (n.) A blow; a smart stroke. &bul...
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smack
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http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/general/scots.html

Scottish, meaning: To strike or slap. See also blooter, lamp, scud and stoat.
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Skelp noun [ Confer Prov. English
skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael.
sgealp , noun , a slap with the palm of the hand, v., to strike with the palm of the hand.]
1. A blow; a smart stroke. [ Prov. Eng.]
Brockett. 2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. ...
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Skelp transitive verb To strike; to slap. [ Scot.]
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To hit or smack someone.
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http://www.glasgowvant.com/glaswegian-dictionary-terms-and-phrases/

Heavy-gauge steel strip for forming into tube for longitudinal welding. See ERW tube.
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http://www.metalbulletin.com/Glossary.html

A piece or strip of metal produced to a suitable thickness, width, and edge configuration, from which pipe or tubing is made.
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A plate of steel or wrought iron from which pipe or tubing is made by rolling the skelp into shape longitudinally and welding or riveting the edges together.
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Steel that is the entry material to a pipe mill. It resembles hot-rolled strip, but its properties allow for the severe forming and welding operations required for pipe production.
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Narrow or medium-width hot rolled strip (generally 200-700mm in width) commonly used for the production of welded tube
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A piece or strip of metal produced to a suitable thickness, width, and edge configuration, from which pipe or tubing is made.
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