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▪ I. welly, adv. dial.|ˈwɛlɪ|
[Colloquial reduction of well-nigh.]
Well-nigh, almost, nearly.
1615W. Goddard Neaste of Waspes No. 81 Shee screakes, cryes shees soe full, she burst-shall wellie. Ibid. No. 82 Shee scarce gone, hir back not turned wellie. 1641Brome Jovial Crew iii. (1652) G 4, Your Worships Charity to a poore Crytur welly starv'd. 1649Man in the Moon No. 30. 235 Our long night of sorrow is now welly past over. 1717Obliging Husband 10 You've welly gally'd me with ta'king on't. c1746J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lancs. Dial. Wks. (1862) 40 Beleemy, Tummus, I welly lost my wynt. 1855Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xvii, A pack of spiritless, down-trodden men; welly clemmed to death. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede lii, I should ha' been sure of her then, as she wouldn't go away from me to Snowfield, welly thirty mile off.
▪ II. welly, n.|ˈwɛlɪ|
Also wellie.
Abbrev. of Wellington 2 b. a. colloq. A wellington boot. Also Comb., as welly-boot.
1961Guardian 2 June 9/5 The ground floor we converted back into a hall, for coats and wellies, etc. 1971J. Osborne West of Suez i. 42 Huge surgeons who tower over you in green and rubber wellies. 1972D. Haston In High Places i. 15 We only have welly boots and gym⁓shoes. 1976Printing World 30 Apr. 8/2 Wellington, who, as we all know, has a boot named after him... The influence of the child is apparent today as I gather it is now widely known as a ‘wellie’. 1982S. Radley Talent for Destruction iii. 20 Perhaps it wasn't done for a parson to wear welly boots under his cassock.
b. slang. A kick, acceleration. Also fig.
1977Daily Mirror 10 May 23/1 The girl they call ‘Daredevil Divi’ gave the car a bit more wellie. In racing language, this meant she was stepping on the accelerator. 1979Guardian 12 Feb. 20/3 The tactic most likely to succeed in the conditions was the long welly upfield. 1983D. Gethin Wyatt & Moresby Legacy xxv. 174 ‘When I say go, give it some welly... Go.’.. Explosions sounded.
Hence welly v. trans., to kick or trip up with one's foot. slang.
1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 48 Eee wuz wellied, he was kicked. 1980D. Morris Tribal Words (typescript), Wellied, heavily tackled and brought down. To welly is to make a savage tackle, boot-first... ‘He must expect to be wellied a few times’ is a typical expression. |