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WelshWelsh 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.]
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. Welsh
Welsh Welsh, n.
1. The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people.
2. pl. The natives or inhabitants of Wales.
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.
Welsh
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]
Meaning of Welsh from wikipedia
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Welsh or
welsh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Welsh may
refer to:
Welsh,
referring or
related to
Wales Welsh language, a
Brittonic Celtic...
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Welsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] (listen) or y
Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a
Celtic language of the
Brittonic subgroup that is
native to the
Welsh people. Welsh...
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Welsh (
Welsh: Cymry) are an
ethnic group native to Wales. "
Welsh people"
applies to
those who were born in
Wales (
Welsh: Cymru) and to
those who have...
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Wales (
Welsh:
Cymru [ˈkəm.rɨ] (listen)) is a
country that is part of the
United Kingdom. It is
bordered by
England to the east, the
Irish Sea to the north...
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Other terms used
historically include Welsh knot,
Welsh note,
Welsh lump,
Welsh stick, cwstom,
Welsh Mark, and
Welsh Ticket. "Among
other injurious effects...
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Welsh Corgi (/ˈkɔːrɡi/ or Corgi,
plural Corgis, or
occasionally the
etymologically consistent Corgwn; /ˈkɔːrɡuːn/) is a
small type of
herding dog...
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transcription delimiters.
Welsh orthography uses 29
letters (including
eight digraphs) of the
Latin script to
write native Welsh words as well as established...
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Wales national football team (
Welsh: Tîm pêl-droed
cenedlaethol Cymru)
represents Wales in
international football. It is
controlled by the Football...
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Irvine Welsh (born 27
September 1958) is a
Scottish novelist,
playwright and
short story writer. His 1993
novel Trainspotting was made into a film of...
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Welsh cakes (
Welsh:
picau ar y maen, pice bach,
cacennau cri or
teisennau gradell), also
bakestones or pics, are a
traditional sweet bread in Wales. They...
