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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
welsh \welsh\, n.
   1913 webster
   1. the language of wales, or of the welsh people.
      1913 webster

   2. pl. the natives or inhabitants of wales.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
welsh \welsh\, a. as. waelisc, welisc, from wealh a stranger,
   foreigner, not of saxon origin, a welshman, a celt, gael;
   akin to ohg. walh, whence g. waumlsch 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.
   1913 webster

   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 waumlsch foreign.

   welsh parsley, hemp, or halters made from hemp. obs. 
      jocular --j. fletcher.

   welsh rabbit. see under rabbit.
      1913 webster
see also:
walnut welch welsh flannel welsh glaive welsh hook welsh mortgage 
welsh mutton welsh onion allium fistulosum welsh parsley welsh rabbit 
rabbit 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
welsh
     adj : of or relating to or characteristic of wales or its people
           or their language; "the welsh coast"; "welsh syntax"
           syn: cambrian
     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
     v : cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
see also:
cambrian welshman welsh black 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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




[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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 codes: 70591

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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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