To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling
noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
1. A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett. 2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]
To strike; to slap. [Scot.] C. Reade.
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 thu...