Welsh
(Welsh), n.
1. The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people.
2. pl. The natives or inhabitants of Wales.
The Welsh call themselves Cymry, in the plural, and a Welshman Cymro, and their country Cymru,
of which the adjective is Cymreig, and the name of their language Cymraeg. They are a branch of the
Celtic family, and a relic of the earliest known population of England, driven into the mountains of Wales
by the Anglo- Saxon invaders.
Welsher
(Welsh"er) n. One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able
to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also welcher.]
[Slang, Eng.]
Welshman
(Welsh"man) n.; pl. Welshmen
1. A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A squirrel fish. (b) The large-mouthed black bass. See Black bass. [Southern U. S.]
Welsome
(Wel"some) a. Prosperous; well. [Obs.] Wyclif. Wel"some*ly, adv. Wyclif.
Welt
(Welt) n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.]
1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or
adorn it; as; (a) A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge
of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down. (b) A hem, border, or fringe. [Obs.] (c)
In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole. (d) In
steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint. (e)
In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it. (f) In
machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
2. (Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
Welt joint, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n.,
1 (d).
Welt
(Welt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welted; p. pr. & vb. n. Welting.] To furnish with a welt; to sew or
fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
Welt
(Welt), v. t. To wilt. [R.]
Welte
(Welte) obs. imp. of Weld, to wield. Chaucer.