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Definition: Welsh
Welsh
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people
or their language;
“the Welsh coast”;
“Welsh syntax”
[syn:
Cambrian]
Welsh
n 1: a native or resident of Wales [syn:
Welshman,
Cambrian]
2: a Celtic language of Wales
3: Welsh breed of dual-purpose cattle [syn:
Welsh Black]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Welsh
Welsh
\Welsh\, n.
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1. The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people.
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2. pl. The natives or inhabitants of Wales.
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Note: 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.
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Welsh
\Welsh\, a. [AS. w[ae]lisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger,
foreigner, not of Saxon origin, a Welshman, a Celt, Gael;
akin to OHG. walh, whence G. w["a]lsch or welsch, Celtic,
Welsh, Italian, French, Foreign, strange, OHG. walhisc; from
the name of a Celtic tribe. See
Walnut.]
Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes
written also
Welch.]
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Welsh flannel, a fine kind of flannel made from the fleece
of the flocks of the Welsh mountains, and largely
manufactured by hand.
Welsh glaive, or
Welsh hook, a weapon of war used in
former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of
poleax. --Fairholt. --Craig.
Welsh mortgage (O. Eng. Law), a species of mortgage, being
a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on
payment of the principal, with an understanding that the
profits in the mean time shall be received by the
mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest.
--Burrill.
Welsh mutton, a choice and delicate kind of mutton obtained
from a breed of small sheep in Wales.
Welsh onion (Bot.), a kind of onion (
Allium fistulosum)
having hollow inflated stalks and leaves, but scarcely any
bulb, a native of Siberia. It is said to have been
introduced from Germany, and is supposed to have derived
its name from the German term w["a]lsch foreign.
Welsh parsley, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. &
Jocular] --J. Fletcher.
Welsh rabbit. See under
Rabbit.
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Welsh
\Welsh\, v. t. & i.
(a) To cheat by avoiding payment of bets; -- said esp. of
an absconding bookmaker at a race track. [Slang]
(b) To avoid dishonorably the fulfillment of a pecuniary
obligation. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]