From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Welsh \Welsh\, adjective [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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Welsh \Welsh\, verb (used with an object) & 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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax" [syn: {Cambrian}]
noun
1: a native or resident of Wales [syn: {Welshman}, {Cambrian}]
3: Welsh breed of dual-purpose cattle [syn: {Welsh Black}]
verb
1: cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "welsh": back out, backpedal, backwater, crawfish out, cry off, default, disallow, dishonor, dodge, dog it, duck, duck duty, get out of, goldbrick, goof off, levant, malinger, not pay, not pull fair, protest, refuse to pay, renege, repudiate, resile, shirk, skulk, slack, slide out of, slip out of, sneak out of, soldier, stop payment
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Welsh, LA (town, FIPS 80430) Location: 30.23548 N, 92.81212 W Population (1990): 3299 (1266 housing units) Area: 16.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70591
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Welsh, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana Population (2000): 3380 Housing Units (2000): 1370 Land area (2000): 6.217523 sq. miles (16.103310 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.120424 sq. miles (0.311898 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.337947 sq. miles (16.415208 sq. km) FIPS code: 80430 Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22 Location: 30.237419 N, 92.820593 W ZIP Codes (1990): 70591 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Welsh, LA Welsh
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