n. [ Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin. ] 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kelp crab (Zool.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color. --
Kelp salmon (Zool.), a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.

n. Same as Kelp, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n.; pl. Kelpies [ Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse. ] (Scotch Myth.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To strike; to slap. [ Scot. ] C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. ]