weltn.¹

Brit.

/wɛlt/, U.S.

/wɛlt/

Forms: α. Middle English walt, 1500s walte; Scottish1500s wat, 1500s, 1800s waut, 1800s waat; northern dialect1800s wolt, wote, woat, waut. β. Middle English–1500s weltte, welte, 1500s wealte, 1500s– welt.

Etymology: Of obscure origin; the variation in the vowel suggests an Old English *wealt, with Anglian variant *walt.

1. Shoemaking. A strip of leather placed between and sewn to the edge of the sole and the turned-in edge of the upper in soling a boot or shoe.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > welt

welt14..

α.

14.. Garlande's Dict. in Wright Voc. (1857) 125 Pictaciarii (clowtars) viles sunt, qui consuunt sotulares veteres, renovandopictacia (clowtys), et intercucia (waltys), et soleas, et inpedeas.

1500 Ortus Vocabulorum Intercutium, anglice a walte of a shoghe.

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 Stra wispis hingis owt, quhair that the wattis ar worne.

1899 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 14 Oct. (E.D.D.) If tha doesn't mind, tha'll court thisen off o' t' walts.

β. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 664/35 Hoc intercucium, weltte.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 521/1 Welte, of a schoo, incucium, vel intercucium.1483 Cath. Angl. 414/1 A Welte, intercucium.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Welte of a shoe, oureleure.1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Welt, that Slip of Leather, or Part of a Shoe that joins and holds the Sole and upper Leather together.1880 Times 21 Sept. 4/4 To attach a narrow strip of flexible stout leather (the welt) to the outer edge of the upper, and the two to the insole.1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Mending & Making vi. 95 Whether the work is to be..left plain, which is called a ‘blind-welt’, or the stitch sunk, and the welt fudged to imitate stitching.

a. A narrow strip of material put on the edge of a garment, etc., as a border, binding, or hem; a frill, fringe, or trimming.Frequently associated with guard n. 11.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > border or edging

purflec1400

edge1502

welt1506

welting1508

pink1512

guard1535

piccadill1607

love1613

edging1664

cheval de frise1753

fly-fringe1860

α.

1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 115 Item, for ane waut of Rislis broun to it [a kirtle], iij s.

1804 W. Tarras Poems 38 Gin onie chiel had coolie scaw't, Sic's groogl't crown, or raggit waut, Wad we na jeer't.

β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Welt of a garment, ourelet.1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 9 One half having a border of black Letters & thother half having ij Rounde welttes of black vellett.1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. D Wherof good store of clothe..in fashions may be spent: In gardes, in weltes, and iags.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. iii. 287/1 Their Cassockes were..of linnen, trimmed and set out with very broad Gards or welts.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 355 A Scarlet Cloak, edg'd with a Welt, Was thrown him o're.1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima i. 63 Their Habit is grey, with a purple Welt.1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 122 The unction with which he dilated upon welts, laces, slashes, and trimmings.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vii. 17/1 Welts, a handbreadth thick,..waver round them by way of hem.1894 J. Davidson Ballads & Songs 113 Maid Marian's kirtle, somewhat old, A welt of red must now enhance.1903 Times 8 Sept. 10/4 Very particular attention is devoted..to the welts on the undress overalls. Some Fusilier battalions substitute a narrow stripe stitched on in place of the orthodox welt.figurative.a1637 B. Jonson Timber 235 in Wks. (1640) III There are certaine Scioli..that are busie in the skirts..of Learning... They may have some edging, or trimming of a Scholler, a welt, or so: but it is no more.

†b. Phrase. without welt or guard: without ornamentation or trimming. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adverb]

of one's wearingc1400

justa1486

without welt or guard1592

succinctly1743

off-the-pega1916

off-the-rack1920

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > without affectation [phrase]

without welt or covera1592

without welt or guard1592

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B3^v I sawe they were a plaine payre of Cloth breeches, without eyther welt or garde.

1631 E. Jorden Disc. Nat. Bathes Ded. sig. A2^v A plaine suit of our country Cloath, without welt or gard.

1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 36 He was cloath'd in a close Coat of coarse cloth, without welt or guard.

†c. figurative. (Also without welt or cover.)

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > without affectation [phrase]

without welt or covera1592

without welt or guard1592

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4^v Marke you maisters, heers a plaine honest man, without welt or garde.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B ^v A plaine alehouse without welt or gard of anie Iuibush.

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 167 Loe heere..plaine Gentilisme, without welt or couer.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §7 18 And of these irrefragable Authorities some he affords great Encomiums to, others pass without Welt or Guard.

d. Used by R. Holme (and hence by later compilers) as a heraldic term, in contrast to border.In Ogilvie (1850) and in later dictionaries.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun]

engrailing1486

indenting1486

champain1562

purfle1562

pertingent1610

pertransient1610

purfling1610

welt1688

embattling1753

fesse-line1775

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 31 An edg, or hem, or welt, only runs on the sides of the Ordinary; but the Border..goeth clear round the same.

c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Welt, or Edge, a narrow kind of border to an ordinary, or charge, sometimes improperly called a fimbriation, but the cross..should have the fimbriation run all round it,..which the welt or edge, does not.

†3. A binding strip or band. Obsolete.In quot. 1607 perhaps an error for ‘netts’.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > a band or binding > strip of material

band1483

fillet1601

welt1607

bandage1766

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 215 Hauing found out the field or hill where the beasts are lodged, they compasse it..with welts and toils inuented for that purpose.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xxi. 183 The Edges [of the baskets] both above and below [must] be so well wrought as not to unravel; There must be also a Welt round about the middle for the same reason.

1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 133 Their Privy-parts, which they cover with a little Cotton-welt [Fr. ceinture de coton], that hangs down by their Legs.

a. A narrow ridge, a raised stripe. Obsolete.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > a corrugation > ridge

ridge?a1450

welt1599

wheal1855

riblet1887

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 5 Their hauen..hauing but as it were a welte of land..betwixte it and the wide Maine.

1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue iv. 375 Her muskie Mouth..A swelling Welt of Corall round behems, Which smiling shows two rows of orient Gems.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. Of Hawks i. 137 And these Stones if they be full of crests and welts, they are the better.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 78 The Trunk or Body thereof [of the palm tree] is naturally contrived for ascension,..having many welts and eminencies.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxiii. 107 Their dainty Chops and Gullets were lin'd through with Crimsin Satin with little Welts, and Gold Purls.

b. spec. in Natural History. Now rare.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > ridge

welt1578

keel1597

bourrelet1859

crista1889

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxxv. 192 Of Floure Deluce or Iris... In the leaues [of the flower] that hang downewardes, there are certaine rough or hearie weltes lyke vnto a mans browes.

1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 50 Flowers of a purple or violet colour,..with a white hairie welt downe the middle.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) xiv. 958 Upon the shoulders [of the butterfly] there is a kinde of sandy dusky coloured roll or welt.

1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 131 The Toucan,..whose bill is..all over nothing but black and white welts or streaks, like Ebony and Ivory interlaid.

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 94 On the upper margin of them, in a ferrugineous welt, lies the seed.

1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 208 Its Leaves generally single,..with a large forked welt which saddles the Stalk.

1892 A. A. Crozier Dict. Bot. Terms Welt, a broad, raised stripe or ridge upon the surface of a fruit, as is occasionally seen in the orange and lemon.

c. A ridge on the flesh, esp. the mark of a healed wound; a seam.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar

wama1000

wem1297

arra1300

nirtc1400

scara1425

cicatricec1450

fester?c1475

list1490

stool1601

cicatrix1641

cautery1651

seam1681

cicatricula1783

welt1800

sabre-cutc1820

stigmate1870

scarring1898

whelp1912

Mars bar1971

1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 8 The cicatrix formed a hard welt, tender to the touch.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iv From shoulder to flank, sir, I am one mass of welts and weals.

1876 E. Wagner's Gen. Path. 30 If the actual cautery be applied upon a corpse, there arise only..more or less hard or leathery welts.

1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 534/1 The slight welt of a sabre cut on one cheek.

figurative and in extended use.1882 G. F. Pentecost Out of Egypt i. 12 Who can tell what the first hot and burning welt of pain was which followed the first stroke of passion's whip?1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 206 O the blazing tropic night, when the wake's a welt of light.

5. Technical uses.

a. A flange on a horseshoe.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > parts of horseshoe

calkin1445

sponge1566

stopping1566

calk1587

spurn1696

quarter1727

welt1758

heel1770

cock1789

cork1806

seating1831

toe-weight1901

1758 T. Fairfax Compl. Sportsman 24 [Horse] Shoes with swelling welts, or borders round about them, are used in Germany, &c.

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 171 Ordinary [horse] shoes..are either light flat disks,..or of much greater strength, with welts or knobs on the toes.

b. Saddle-making. A narrow strip of leather stitched in between the skirts and the seat.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler's equipment

stake nail1688

welt1871

stob1872

chamfering-toola1877

pricking iron1904

1871 Saddlers' Gaz. 1 Nov. 10/1 The skirts being properly edged up, you will now make the welt and fix it to the skirt.

1904 P. N. Hasluck Saddlery iii. 29 Place the thin hogskin welt along the upper edge of the seat and stitch the skirt and welt together... From the point to which the seat is stitched, a wider welt doubled like the narrow one must be stitched to the skirt.

c. Glove-making. (See quots.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > other

welt1883

palm1892

dome1910

1883 S. W. Beck Gloves xii. 179 One minor..process, known as ‘felling the slit-welt’—that is, the turning over and hemming of the welt on the edge of the opening of the gloves.

1886 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Apr. 226/2 Out of the parts left he cuts pieces..for the binding round the top and the opening [of a glove]..which are called ‘welts’.

d. Knitting. (See quots.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > types of > ribbed

welt1869

welting1893

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Welt, ribbed knitting.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Welt, (Knitting-machine) a flap of work (as a heel-piece) disengaged laterally and knitted separately from the main body, and subsequently joined thereto by re-engagement of loops or by hand-knitting.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) The ribs of knitting at the top of a sock or stocking are called welts.

e. A strip or fillet laid over a seam or joint or placed in an angle to secure or strengthen it.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > strip or plate of wood or metal

hollowc897

strop1573

strap1588

shin1747

strap iron1833

stirrup-iron1838

fish1847

fish-bar1872

welt1874

mirror plate1940

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 490/2 The edges of the plates are brought flush together and riveted to a lap or welt in the rear.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Welt, the covering strip used in butt riveting.

f. The lap or fold of a welted joint (see welted adj. 4). See also sense 1.

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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > specific joints > part of

spigot1797

muff1875

pipe stopa1884

welt1888

overcloak1896

1888 J. W. Clarke Mod. Plumbing Pract. viii. 81 A mandrel must be fixed inside for the welt to be worked in quite closely.

6. A stroke with a lash or pliant stick; also, a heavy blow with the fist. (Cf. welt v.¹ 5.)

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pliant

lashc1330

lashingc1400

jerking1552

jerk1555

whipping1577

slive1589

whissc1590

scutch1611

scutching1611

switchinga1640

cut1787

sliver1806

switch1809

welt1863

score1882

1863 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 453 There's thirteen of us to do the punishment, and we must have two welts a piece.

1900 A. McIlroy By Lone Craig-linnie Burn v. 54 Every man claimed the right of bestowing a ‘welt’ on a restive horse with his ash ‘plant’ as he passed.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, in the names of shoemakers' tools, appliances, and materials, as welt-beater, welt-cutter, welt file, welt -guide, welt -knife, welt -leather, welt -machine, welt -mill, welt shoulders (cf. shoulder n. 5b), welt-trimmer.

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1812 Sporting Mag. 40 14 Cobler's-wax and welt-leather.

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4671 Curried Welt Shoulders.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2760/1 Welt-cutter, -guide, -knife, -machine, -trimmer.

1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Making v. 83 If they are too thick, reduce them on the flesh side in a welt mill or skiving machine.

1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Making vii. 107 The welt file, used for smoothing the welt.

1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 637 To dress..welt leather and flexible splits.

C2.

welt pocket n. a slot pocket having a welt on the lower edge that extends upward to cover the slit.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > pocket > types of

French pocket1675

side pocket1678

breast pocket1758

suck1821

watch-pocket1831

patch pocket1895

insider1896

prat1908

sidekick1916

bellows pocket1922

pannier pocket1922

welt pocket1932

slit pocket1933

1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 134/1 Welt pocket... Mark opening with tack 4½ inches long. Cut welt 5 inches long and width required.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. a 16/2 (advt.) Single-breasted styling with self-belt, epaulets, welt pockets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† weltn.²

Obsolete Cant.

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(See rum boozing welt n. at rum adj.¹ Compounds.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

weltn.³

Brit.

/wɛlt/, U.S.

/wɛlt/

Etymology: Origin unknown.

dialect.

The practice by which some members of a gang of dockers take an unauthorized break while the rest work, and so turn and turn about. Hence as v. intransitive, to take a break thus; ˈwelting n.³

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society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > take an unauthorized break

welt1964

society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific

nooning1552

after-dinner1576

wheta1628

High Mail1676

High Mall1712

Sabbath-day1734

Blue Monday1790

noonscape1819

noon-spell1839

children's hour1853

smoke-ho1874

welting1964

1964 Guardian 7 Dec. 4/1 It is 1.30 p.m...and the afternoon ‘welt’ is settling in.

1964 Guardian 7 Dec. 4/1 ‘Welting’—the practice whereby part of a gang takes an unofficial break while the rest continues working—is firmly entrenched in Liverpool.

1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Jan. 11 A visitor dropping into almost any waterfront cafe beside the forest of ship masts rising along the River Mersey in Liverpool will quickly discover one reason. He'll find stevedores ‘welting’ or enjoying their stout and porter at the bar on company time. Work crews allow members to ‘welt’ on a share-and-share alike basis.

1967 Economist 4 Nov. 490/1 Ending the welt would make possible higher basic rates of pay.

1977 Guardian 4 Sept. 2/2 In some docks..there is still tension because of managers’ attempts..to crack down on the ‘welt’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

weltv.¹

Brit.

/wɛlt/, U.S.

/wɛlt/

Forms: α. Middle English Scottish and northern walte, waut, 1500s Scottish walt, wawt, wate, vat. β. 1500s welte, wealt, 1500s– welt.

Etymology: < welt n.¹

1. transitive. To furnish (shoes) with welts; to repair or renew the welts of.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > furnish with welt

welt1483

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate > in specific way

forefoot1465

welt1483

spetch1582

speck1681

tap1746

heel-tap1763

fox1796

resole1821

refoot1827

tap-piece1903

α.

1483 Cath. Angl. 407/1 To Walte, jntercuciare.

1500 Ortus Vocabulorum Intercutio, to walte a schoghe.

β. 1729 P. Walkden Diary (1866) 49 Paid for welting and soling my shoes, 1s. 6d.1854 G. Borrow in C. Shorter G. Borrow & his Circle (1913) xxxii. 374 My boots were worn up by the time I reached Swansea and was obliged to get them new soled and welted.1914 Daily News 30 June 4 I cannot canonise the machine which stitches uppers and welts soles.

2. To border, hem, or ornament (a garment) with welts or strips of material. Also with about. Also absol. (Cf. welted adj. 1a). Now rare or Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > furnish with strip(s) of material

stripe1471

welt1489

vein1502

band1530

tape1609

α.

1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 162 Thre quartaris of veluus to waut hir gowne.

1541 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 22 For grene velvet to walt ane cote.

1546 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 438 Tua elnis..blak velvot..to walt the said goun and kirtill.

β. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Border & couvrir le bord, to border, to welt.1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D^v In making of veluet breeches, where there is required silke lace,..and such costly stuffe, to welt, gard, whip, stitch, edge, face, and draw out.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Welt, to sew any thing with a border.

†3. ? To bind in strips. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind round or about > in strips

welt1613

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 412 If any be sicke, a speare is set vp in his Tent with blacke Felt welted about it.

4. Technical uses:

a. To bind with strips or a strip of leather, spec. in Glove-making and Carriage-building.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > furnish with strip(s) of material > leather

welt1795

1795 [implied in: W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss.) 238 Welting, is the sewing a narrow strip of leather over the corner seams,..which..keeps out the wet. (at welting n. 1b)].

1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. xviii. 228 Some welted, or hemmed the gloves round the edge at the wrist.

b. Plumbing. To join (the ends of a pipe, etc.) by turning the edges one over the other and pressing them together. Cf. welted adj. 4.

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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [verb (transitive)] > join or secure pipes

stave1850

welt1888

tack1895

tee1908

1888 J. W. Clarke Mod. Plumbing Pract. viii. 81 At a sanitary exhibition..were exhibited some joints..made by welting the ends of the pipes together.

5. To beat, thrash.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

to-beatc893

threshOE

bustc1225

to lay on or upon?c1225

berrya1250

to-bunea1250

touchc1330

arrayc1380

byfrapc1380

boxc1390

swinga1400

forbeatc1420

peal?a1425

routa1425

noddlea1450

forslinger1481

wipe1523

trima1529

baste1533

waulk1533

slip1535

peppera1550

bethwack1555

kembc1566

to beat (a person) black and blue1568

beswinge1568

paik1568

trounce1568

canvass1573

swaddle?1577

bebaste1582

besoop1589

bumfeage1589

dry-beat1589

feague1589

lamback1589

clapperclaw1590

thrash1593

belam1595

lam1595

beswaddle1598

bumfeagle1598

belabour1600

tew1600

flesh-baste1611

dust1612

feeze1612

mill1612

verberate1614

bethumpa1616

rebuke1619

bemaul1620

tabor1624

maula1627

batterfang1630

dry-baste1630

lambaste1637

thunder-thump1637

cullis1639

dry-banga1640

nuddle1640

sauce1651

feak1652

cotton1654

fustigate1656

brush1665

squab1668

raddle1677

to tan (a person's) hide1679

slam1691

bebump1694

to give (a person) his load1694

fag1699

towel1705

to kick a person's butt1741

fum1790

devel1807

bray1808

to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813

mug1818

to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821

welt1823

hidea1825

slate1825

targe1825

wallop1825

pounce1827

to lay into1838

flake1841

muzzle1843

paste1846

looder1850

frail1851

snake1859

fettle1863

to do over1866

jacket1875

to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877

to take apart1880

splatter1881

to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884

to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886

to do up1887

to —— (the) hell out of1887

to beat — bells out of a person1890

soak1892

to punch out1893

stoush1893

to work over1903

to beat up1907

to punch up1907

cream1929

shellac1930

to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931

duff1943

clobber1944

to fill in1948

to bash up1954

to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976

to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983

beast1990

becurry-

fan-

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 475 Welt…to beat severely—so as to raise wales or weals.

1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xxii And they gist fell to and welted him all the way into the town with the tip eend of their lassos.

1855 F. C. Armstrong Warhawk I. xii. 248 I'll welt you with a rope's end if you don't mizzle.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 105 My ribs ached as though they had been welted with a single~stick.

1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 12 Next time..I'll welt the hide off your bones.

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weltv.²

Brit.

/wɛlt/, U.S.

/wɛlt/

Forms: Past tense Middle English welt(e.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse *welta.

Etymology: < Old Norse *welta intransitive strong verb (Icelandic and Norwegian velta , Middle Swedish välta ), and transitive weak verb (Icelandic and Norwegian velta , Middle Swedish and Swedish välta , Danish vælte ); the latter corresponds to Old English -wæltan (Anglian), wyltan , Old High German walzen , welzen (Middle High German welzen , German wälzen ), Gothic waltjan , < the a- grade of the stem welt- , walt- : see walt adj., walt v.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. intransitive. To roll or turn over (also with over); to fall over (also with backward); to sway or be unsteady.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > reel, stagger, or sway unsteadily

stackera1300

welt13..

waggera1382

swaver?a1400

blundc1400

swab14..

swabble14..

gogglec1460

reel1477

galay1489

stagger1530

swag1530

stag1561

wheel1832

swig1833

wavel1896

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over

welt13..

tiltc1390

overfalla1400

waltc1400

tirvec1425

top over tervea1450

overtumble1487

overwelta1522

to fall over1541

top1545

topple1600

tramble1609

tope1796

tottle1830

overtopple1855

whemmel1895

pitch-pole1896

13.. St. Cristofer 651 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 462 Whene þe kynge hade of hym syghte In his chayere he welte vpryghte.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. x. 136 So tyll hys hart stoundis the prik of deith, He weltis our, and ȝaldis vp the breith.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xii. 83 And stedis throwand on the ground that weltis.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7488 Philoc with felle angur frusshet to Remo, Till bothe welt backward of hor bare sadles.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiii/1 To Welt, neuter, decidere.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Welt, to totter.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby T' cart coup'd, an' we com welting into t' gutter.

1895 Lakeland Gloss. Welt, to roll or roll over, to incline on one side.

figurative.c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 115 Hit was a wenyng vn-war þat welt in his mynde.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4891 We, as vnwise men, welt into pride, Answarth hym awterwart with angur & skorne.

b. To gush out. Cf. walt v. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > copiously or continuously

flowc825

outfloweOE

outstreama1275

streama1300

boilc1300

welta1400

buschc1400

waltc1400

outwellc1443

pour1538

outgush1558

gush1577

outpour1581

spew1670

well1812

sluice1859

a1400–50 Wars Alex. 839 (Ashm.) So hard him hittis on the hede his hernes out weltid [MS. Dublin weltyn].

2. transitive. To cast or throw down; to throw to the ground; to overturn; to beat down; also to roll, trundle. Cf. walt v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low

layc888

afelleOE

to throw downa1250

groundc1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

stoopc1275

evena1382

abatec1390

to bring downa1400

falla1400

welt?a1400

throwa1450

tumble1487

succumb1490

strewa1500

vaila1592

flat1607

level1614

floor1642

to fetch down1705

drop1726

supplant1751

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset

overcastc1230

overturnc1300

overthrowc1330

to-turna1382

overwhelm?a1400

tilta1400

tipa1400

welt?a1400

overtiltc1400

tirvec1420

reverse?a1439

devolvec1470

subvert1479

welter?a1505

renverse1521

tumble1534

verse1556

upturn1567

overwhirl1577

rewalt1587

subverse1590

overset1599

overtumble1600

walt1611

to fetch up1615

ramvert1632

treveer1636

transvolve1644

capsize1788

upset1806

keel1828

overwelt1828

pitch-pole1851

purl1856

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3152 Walles he welte downe.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vii. 76 The burgeonit treis on buird thai bring for airis, Weltis down in woddis gret mastis.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. viii. 127 Down welting eik of huge wecht gret stanys.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. iii. 21 Ane Agmon of Lyrnesya fast tharby Presys, wyth all the fors in his body, A felloune stone to welt the wallys tyll.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7490 Aither wegh other woundit, & welt to þe grene.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiii/1 To Welt, actiue, euertere.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Welt..overturn cart or wain.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) Grass or corn is said to be welted when it is beaten down by wind or rain, &c.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Welt, v. t. to overset, to overturn.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words Welt, upset.

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weltv.³

Brit.

/wɛlt/, U.S.

/wɛlt/

Etymology: ? Alteration of welk v.¹ Compare earlier welter v.² and wilt v.

Chiefly dialect.

1. transitive. Of the sun or weather: to wither (cut grass, etc.). Chiefly passive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose freshness

wizen1513

wither1555

wither1599

tarnish1709–10

welt1764

1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 333 That wheat which is mowed will require many days of hot weather to welt the grass and weeds.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 389 ‘It is well welted:’ or ‘It is not fit to carry, it wants a good welting first’.

a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 58 Wilted, shrivelled as an apple. Also Welted: the same word.

1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 ii. 350 Mown grass becomes first welted, then ferments.

2. intransitive. To become withered by exposure to the sun and air.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > wither [verb (intransitive)]

falloweOE

welka1300

starvec1400

witherc1400

dote?1440

wizena1450

mortifyc1475

vade1492

shrinkc1572

flitter1577

windle1579

shirpc1639

welter1645

welt1854

sickly1882

1865 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 ii. 412 It is good management to give these turnips on grass, and to let them ‘welt’, or become dry from exposure to the sun and air.

Derivatives

ˈwelting n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > poor growth

withering?1523

unthriftiness1707

welting1766

marcescence1855

wilting1884

1766 Museum Rusticum 6 388 Cut the herb in the morning; and put it into the vats as soon as possible, in order to prevent its welting or heating.

1854Welting [see sense 1].

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n.¹14..

n.²

n.³1964

v.¹1483

v.²13..

v.³1764

单词	welt
释义	weltn.¹ Brit. /wɛlt/, U.S. /wɛlt/ Forms: α. Middle English walt, 1500s walte; Scottish1500s wat, 1500s, 1800s waut, 1800s waat; northern dialect1800s wolt, wote, woat, waut. β. Middle English–1500s weltte, welte, 1500s wealte, 1500s– welt. Etymology: Of obscure origin; the variation in the vowel suggests an Old English wealt, with Anglian variant walt. 1. Shoemaking. A strip of leather placed between and sewn to the edge of the sole and the turned-in edge of the upper in soling a boot or shoe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > welt welt14.. α. 14.. Garlande's Dict. in Wright Voc. (1857) 125 Pictaciarii (clowtars) viles sunt, qui consuunt sotulares veteres, renovandopictacia (clowtys), et intercucia (waltys), et soleas, et inpedeas. 1500 Ortus Vocabulorum Intercutium, anglice a walte of a shoghe. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 Stra wispis hingis owt, quhair that the wattis ar worne. 1899 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 14 Oct. (E.D.D.) If tha doesn't mind, tha'll court thisen off o' t' walts. β. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 664/35 Hoc intercucium, weltte.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 521/1 Welte, of a schoo, incucium, vel intercucium.1483 Cath. Angl. 414/1 A Welte, intercucium.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Welte of a shoe, oureleure.1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Welt, that Slip of Leather, or Part of a Shoe that joins and holds the Sole and upper Leather together.1880 Times 21 Sept. 4/4 To attach a narrow strip of flexible stout leather (the welt) to the outer edge of the upper, and the two to the insole.1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Mending & Making vi. 95 Whether the work is to be..left plain, which is called a ‘blind-welt’, or the stitch sunk, and the welt fudged to imitate stitching. 2. a. A narrow strip of material put on the edge of a garment, etc., as a border, binding, or hem; a frill, fringe, or trimming.Frequently associated with guard n. 11. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > border or edging purflec1400 edge1502 welt1506 welting1508 pink1512 guard1535 piccadill1607 love1613 edging1664 cheval de frise1753 fly-fringe1860 α. 1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 115 Item, for ane waut of Rislis broun to it [a kirtle], iij s. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 38 Gin onie chiel had coolie scaw't, Sic's groogl't crown, or raggit waut, Wad we na jeer't. β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Welt of a garment, ourelet.1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 9 One half having a border of black Letters & thother half having ij Rounde welttes of black vellett.1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. D Wherof good store of clothe..in fashions may be spent: In gardes, in weltes, and iags.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. iii. 287/1 Their Cassockes were..of linnen, trimmed and set out with very broad Gards or welts.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 355 A Scarlet Cloak, edg'd with a Welt, Was thrown him o're.1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima i. 63 Their Habit is grey, with a purple Welt.1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 122 The unction with which he dilated upon welts, laces, slashes, and trimmings.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vii. 17/1 Welts, a handbreadth thick,..waver round them by way of hem.1894 J. Davidson Ballads & Songs 113 Maid Marian's kirtle, somewhat old, A welt of red must now enhance.1903 Times 8 Sept. 10/4 Very particular attention is devoted..to the welts on the undress overalls. Some Fusilier battalions substitute a narrow stripe stitched on in place of the orthodox welt.figurative.a1637 B. Jonson Timber 235 in Wks. (1640) III There are certaine Scioli..that are busie in the skirts..of Learning... They may have some edging, or trimming of a Scholler, a welt, or so: but it is no more. †b. Phrase. without welt or guard: without ornamentation or trimming. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adverb] of one's wearingc1400 justa1486 without welt or guard1592 succinctly1743 off-the-pega1916 off-the-rack1920 the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > without affectation [phrase] without welt or covera1592 without welt or guard1592 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B3^v I sawe they were a plaine payre of Cloth breeches, without eyther welt or garde. 1631 E. Jorden Disc. Nat. Bathes Ded. sig. A2^v A plaine suit of our country Cloath, without welt or gard. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 36 He was cloath'd in a close Coat of coarse cloth, without welt or guard. †c. figurative. (Also without welt or cover.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > without affectation [phrase] without welt or covera1592 without welt or guard1592 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4^v Marke you maisters, heers a plaine honest man, without welt or garde. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B ^v A plaine alehouse without welt or gard of anie Iuibush. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 167 Loe heere..plaine Gentilisme, without welt or couer. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. §7 18 And of these irrefragable Authorities some he affords great Encomiums to, others pass without Welt or Guard. d. Used by R. Holme (and hence by later compilers) as a heraldic term, in contrast to border.In Ogilvie (1850) and in later dictionaries. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] engrailing1486 indenting1486 champain1562 purfle1562 pertingent1610 pertransient1610 purfling1610 welt1688 embattling1753 fesse-line1775 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 31 An edg, or hem, or welt, only runs on the sides of the Ordinary; but the Border..goeth clear round the same. c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Welt, or Edge, a narrow kind of border to an ordinary, or charge, sometimes improperly called a fimbriation, but the cross..should have the fimbriation run all round it,..which the welt or edge, does not. †3. A binding strip or band. Obsolete.In quot. 1607 perhaps an error for ‘netts’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > a band or binding > strip of material band1483 fillet1601 welt1607 bandage1766 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 215 Hauing found out the field or hill where the beasts are lodged, they compasse it..with welts and toils inuented for that purpose. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xxi. 183 The Edges [of the baskets] both above and below [must] be so well wrought as not to unravel; There must be also a Welt round about the middle for the same reason. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 133 Their Privy-parts, which they cover with a little Cotton-welt [Fr. ceinture de coton], that hangs down by their Legs. 4. a. A narrow ridge, a raised stripe. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > a corrugation > ridge ridge?a1450 welt1599 wheal1855 riblet1887 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 5 Their hauen..hauing but as it were a welte of land..betwixte it and the wide Maine. 1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue iv. 375 Her muskie Mouth..A swelling Welt of Corall round behems, Which smiling shows two rows of orient Gems. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. Of Hawks i. 137 And these Stones if they be full of crests and welts, they are the better. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 78 The Trunk or Body thereof [of the palm tree] is naturally contrived for ascension,..having many welts and eminencies. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxiii. 107 Their dainty Chops and Gullets were lin'd through with Crimsin Satin with little Welts, and Gold Purls. b. spec. in Natural History. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > ridge welt1578 keel1597 bourrelet1859 crista1889 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxxv. 192 Of Floure Deluce or Iris... In the leaues [of the flower] that hang downewardes, there are certaine rough or hearie weltes lyke vnto a mans browes. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 50 Flowers of a purple or violet colour,..with a white hairie welt downe the middle. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) xiv. 958 Upon the shoulders [of the butterfly] there is a kinde of sandy dusky coloured roll or welt. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 131 The Toucan,..whose bill is..all over nothing but black and white welts or streaks, like Ebony and Ivory interlaid. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 94 On the upper margin of them, in a ferrugineous welt, lies the seed. 1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 208 Its Leaves generally single,..with a large forked welt which saddles the Stalk. 1892 A. A. Crozier Dict. Bot. Terms Welt, a broad, raised stripe or ridge upon the surface of a fruit, as is occasionally seen in the orange and lemon. c. A ridge on the flesh, esp. the mark of a healed wound; a seam. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > scar wama1000 wem1297 arra1300 nirtc1400 scara1425 cicatricec1450 fester?c1475 list1490 stool1601 cicatrix1641 cautery1651 seam1681 cicatricula1783 welt1800 sabre-cutc1820 stigmate1870 scarring1898 whelp1912 Mars bar1971 1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 8 The cicatrix formed a hard welt, tender to the touch. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iv From shoulder to flank, sir, I am one mass of welts and weals. 1876 E. Wagner's Gen. Path. 30 If the actual cautery be applied upon a corpse, there arise only..more or less hard or leathery welts. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 534/1 The slight welt of a sabre cut on one cheek. figurative and in extended use.1882 G. F. Pentecost Out of Egypt i. 12 Who can tell what the first hot and burning welt of pain was which followed the first stroke of passion's whip?1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 206 O the blazing tropic night, when the wake's a welt of light. 5. Technical uses. a. A flange on a horseshoe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > parts of horseshoe calkin1445 sponge1566 stopping1566 calk1587 spurn1696 quarter1727 welt1758 heel1770 cock1789 cork1806 seating1831 toe-weight1901 1758 T. Fairfax Compl. Sportsman 24 [Horse] Shoes with swelling welts, or borders round about them, are used in Germany, &c. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 171 Ordinary [horse] shoes..are either light flat disks,..or of much greater strength, with welts or knobs on the toes. b. Saddle-making. A narrow strip of leather stitched in between the skirts and the seat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler's equipment stake nail1688 welt1871 stob1872 chamfering-toola1877 pricking iron1904 1871 Saddlers' Gaz. 1 Nov. 10/1 The skirts being properly edged up, you will now make the welt and fix it to the skirt. 1904 P. N. Hasluck Saddlery iii. 29 Place the thin hogskin welt along the upper edge of the seat and stitch the skirt and welt together... From the point to which the seat is stitched, a wider welt doubled like the narrow one must be stitched to the skirt. c. Glove-making. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > other welt1883 palm1892 dome1910 1883 S. W. Beck Gloves xii. 179 One minor..process, known as ‘felling the slit-welt’—that is, the turning over and hemming of the welt on the edge of the opening of the gloves. 1886 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Apr. 226/2 Out of the parts left he cuts pieces..for the binding round the top and the opening [of a glove]..which are called ‘welts’. d. Knitting. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > types of > ribbed welt1869 welting1893 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Welt, ribbed knitting. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Welt, (Knitting-machine) a flap of work (as a heel-piece) disengaged laterally and knitted separately from the main body, and subsequently joined thereto by re-engagement of loops or by hand-knitting. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) The ribs of knitting at the top of a sock or stocking are called welts. e. A strip or fillet laid over a seam or joint or placed in an angle to secure or strengthen it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > strip or plate of wood or metal hollowc897 strop1573 strap1588 shin1747 strap iron1833 stirrup-iron1838 fish1847 fish-bar1872 welt1874 mirror plate1940 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 490/2 The edges of the plates are brought flush together and riveted to a lap or welt in the rear. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Welt, the covering strip used in butt riveting. f. The lap or fold of a welted joint (see welted adj. 4). See also sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > specific joints > part of spigot1797 muff1875 pipe stopa1884 welt1888 overcloak1896 1888 J. W. Clarke Mod. Plumbing Pract. viii. 81 A mandrel must be fixed inside for the welt to be worked in quite closely. 6. A stroke with a lash or pliant stick; also, a heavy blow with the fist. (Cf. welt v.¹ 5.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pliant lashc1330 lashingc1400 jerking1552 jerk1555 whipping1577 slive1589 whissc1590 scutch1611 scutching1611 switchinga1640 cut1787 sliver1806 switch1809 welt1863 score1882 1863 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 453 There's thirteen of us to do the punishment, and we must have two welts a piece. 1900 A. McIlroy By Lone Craig-linnie Burn v. 54 Every man claimed the right of bestowing a ‘welt’ on a restive horse with his ash ‘plant’ as he passed. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, in the names of shoemakers' tools, appliances, and materials, as welt-beater, welt-cutter, welt file, welt -guide, welt -knife, welt -leather, welt -machine, welt -mill, welt shoulders (cf. shoulder n. 5b), welt-trimmer. ΚΠ 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 14 Cobler's-wax and welt-leather. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4671 Curried Welt Shoulders. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2760/1 Welt-cutter, -guide, -knife, -machine, -trimmer. 1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Making v. 83 If they are too thick, reduce them on the flesh side in a welt mill or skiving machine. 1895 P. N. Hasluck Boot Making vii. 107 The welt file, used for smoothing the welt. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 637 To dress..welt leather and flexible splits. C2. welt pocket n. a slot pocket having a welt on the lower edge that extends upward to cover the slit. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > pocket > types of French pocket1675 side pocket1678 breast pocket1758 suck1821 watch-pocket1831 patch pocket1895 insider1896 prat1908 sidekick1916 bellows pocket1922 pannier pocket1922 welt pocket1932 slit pocket1933 1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 134/1 Welt pocket... Mark opening with tack 4½ inches long. Cut welt 5 inches long and width required. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. a 16/2 (advt.) Single-breasted styling with self-belt, epaulets, welt pockets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † weltn.² Obsolete Cant. Categories » (See rum boozing welt n. at rum adj.¹ Compounds.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). weltn.³ Brit. /wɛlt/, U.S. /wɛlt/ Etymology: Origin unknown. dialect. The practice by which some members of a gang of dockers take an unauthorized break while the rest work, and so turn and turn about. Hence as v. intransitive, to take a break thus; ˈwelting n.³ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > take an unauthorized break welt1964 society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific nooning1552 after-dinner1576 wheta1628 High Mail1676 High Mall1712 Sabbath-day1734 Blue Monday1790 noonscape1819 noon-spell1839 children's hour1853 smoke-ho1874 welting1964 1964 Guardian 7 Dec. 4/1 It is 1.30 p.m...and the afternoon ‘welt’ is settling in. 1964 Guardian 7 Dec. 4/1 ‘Welting’—the practice whereby part of a gang takes an unofficial break while the rest continues working—is firmly entrenched in Liverpool. 1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Jan. 11 A visitor dropping into almost any waterfront cafe beside the forest of ship masts rising along the River Mersey in Liverpool will quickly discover one reason. He'll find stevedores ‘welting’ or enjoying their stout and porter at the bar on company time. Work crews allow members to ‘welt’ on a share-and-share alike basis. 1967 Economist 4 Nov. 490/1 Ending the welt would make possible higher basic rates of pay. 1977 Guardian 4 Sept. 2/2 In some docks..there is still tension because of managers’ attempts..to crack down on the ‘welt’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). weltv.¹ Brit. /wɛlt/, U.S. /wɛlt/ Forms: α. Middle English Scottish and northern walte, waut, 1500s Scottish walt, wawt, wate, vat. β. 1500s welte, wealt, 1500s– welt. Etymology: < welt n.¹ 1. transitive. To furnish (shoes) with welts; to repair or renew the welts of. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > furnish with welt welt1483 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate > in specific way forefoot1465 welt1483 spetch1582 speck1681 tap1746 heel-tap1763 fox1796 resole1821 refoot1827 tap-piece1903 α. 1483 Cath. Angl. 407/1 To Walte, jntercuciare. 1500 Ortus Vocabulorum Intercutio, to walte a schoghe. β. 1729 P. Walkden Diary (1866) 49 Paid for welting and soling my shoes, 1s. 6d.1854 G. Borrow in C. Shorter G. Borrow & his Circle (1913) xxxii. 374 My boots were worn up by the time I reached Swansea and was obliged to get them new soled and welted.1914 Daily News 30 June 4 I cannot canonise the machine which stitches uppers and welts soles. 2. To border, hem, or ornament (a garment) with welts or strips of material. Also with about. Also absol. (Cf. welted adj. 1a). Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > furnish with strip(s) of material stripe1471 welt1489 vein1502 band1530 tape1609 α. 1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 162 Thre quartaris of veluus to waut hir gowne. 1541 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 22 For grene velvet to walt ane cote. 1546 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 438 Tua elnis..blak velvot..to walt the said goun and kirtill. β. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Border & couvrir le bord, to border, to welt.1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D^v In making of veluet breeches, where there is required silke lace,..and such costly stuffe, to welt, gard, whip, stitch, edge, face, and draw out.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Welt, to sew any thing with a border. †3. ? To bind in strips. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind round or about > in strips welt1613 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 412 If any be sicke, a speare is set vp in his Tent with blacke Felt welted about it. 4. Technical uses: a. To bind with strips or a strip of leather, spec. in Glove-making and Carriage-building. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > furnish with strip(s) of material > leather welt1795 1795 [implied in: W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss.) 238 Welting, is the sewing a narrow strip of leather over the corner seams,..which..keeps out the wet. (at welting n. 1b)]. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. xviii. 228 Some welted, or hemmed the gloves round the edge at the wrist. b. Plumbing. To join (the ends of a pipe, etc.) by turning the edges one over the other and pressing them together. Cf. welted adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [verb (transitive)] > join or secure pipes stave1850 welt1888 tack1895 tee1908 1888 J. W. Clarke Mod. Plumbing Pract. viii. 81 At a sanitary exhibition..were exhibited some joints..made by welting the ends of the pipes together. 5. To beat, thrash. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person to-beatc893 threshOE bustc1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 berrya1250 to-bunea1250 touchc1330 arrayc1380 byfrapc1380 boxc1390 swinga1400 forbeatc1420 peal?a1425 routa1425 noddlea1450 forslinger1481 wipe1523 trima1529 baste1533 waulk1533 slip1535 peppera1550 bethwack1555 kembc1566 to beat (a person) black and blue1568 beswinge1568 paik1568 trounce1568 canvass1573 swaddle?1577 bebaste1582 besoop1589 bumfeage1589 dry-beat1589 feague1589 lamback1589 clapperclaw1590 thrash1593 belam1595 lam1595 beswaddle1598 bumfeagle1598 belabour1600 tew1600 flesh-baste1611 dust1612 feeze1612 mill1612 verberate1614 bethumpa1616 rebuke1619 bemaul1620 tabor1624 maula1627 batterfang1630 dry-baste1630 lambaste1637 thunder-thump1637 cullis1639 dry-banga1640 nuddle1640 sauce1651 feak1652 cotton1654 fustigate1656 brush1665 squab1668 raddle1677 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slam1691 bebump1694 to give (a person) his load1694 fag1699 towel1705 to kick a person's butt1741 fum1790 devel1807 bray1808 to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813 mug1818 to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821 welt1823 hidea1825 slate1825 targe1825 wallop1825 pounce1827 to lay into1838 flake1841 muzzle1843 paste1846 looder1850 frail1851 snake1859 fettle1863 to do over1866 jacket1875 to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877 to take apart1880 splatter1881 to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884 to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886 to do up1887 to —— (the) hell out of1887 to beat — bells out of a person1890 soak1892 to punch out1893 stoush1893 to work over1903 to beat up1907 to punch up1907 cream1929 shellac1930 to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931 duff1943 clobber1944 to fill in1948 to bash up1954 to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976 to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983 beast1990 becurry- fan- 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 475 Welt…to beat severely—so as to raise wales or weals. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. xxii And they gist fell to and welted him all the way into the town with the tip eend of their lassos. 1855 F. C. Armstrong Warhawk I. xii. 248 I'll welt you with a rope's end if you don't mizzle. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 105 My ribs ached as though they had been welted with a single~stick. 1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 12 Next time..I'll welt the hide off your bones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). weltv.² Brit. /wɛlt/, U.S. /wɛlt/ Forms: Past tense Middle English welt(e. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse welta. Etymology: < Old Norse welta intransitive strong verb (Icelandic and Norwegian velta , Middle Swedish välta ), and transitive weak verb (Icelandic and Norwegian velta , Middle Swedish and Swedish välta , Danish vælte ); the latter corresponds to Old English -wæltan (Anglian), wyltan , Old High German walzen , welzen (Middle High German welzen , German wälzen ), Gothic waltjan , < the a- grade of the stem welt- , walt- : see walt adj., walt v. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To roll or turn over (also with over); to fall over (also with backward); to sway or be unsteady. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > reel, stagger, or sway unsteadily stackera1300 welt13.. waggera1382 swaver?a1400 blundc1400 swab14.. swabble14.. gogglec1460 reel1477 galay1489 stagger1530 swag1530 stag1561 wheel1832 swig1833 wavel1896 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over welt13.. tiltc1390 overfalla1400 waltc1400 tirvec1425 top over tervea1450 overtumble1487 overwelta1522 to fall over1541 top1545 topple1600 tramble1609 tope1796 tottle1830 overtopple1855 whemmel1895 pitch-pole1896 13.. St. Cristofer 651 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 462 Whene þe kynge hade of hym syghte In his chayere he welte vpryghte. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. x. 136 So tyll hys hart stoundis the prik of deith, He weltis our, and ȝaldis vp the breith. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xii. 83 And stedis throwand on the ground that weltis. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7488 Philoc with felle angur frusshet to Remo, Till bothe welt backward of hor bare sadles. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiii/1 To Welt, neuter, decidere. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Welt, to totter. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby T' cart coup'd, an' we com welting into t' gutter. 1895 Lakeland Gloss. Welt, to roll or roll over, to incline on one side. figurative.c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 115 Hit was a wenyng vn-war þat welt in his mynde.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4891 We, as vnwise men, welt into pride, Answarth hym awterwart with angur & skorne. b. To gush out. Cf. walt v. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > copiously or continuously flowc825 outfloweOE outstreama1275 streama1300 boilc1300 welta1400 buschc1400 waltc1400 outwellc1443 pour1538 outgush1558 gush1577 outpour1581 spew1670 well1812 sluice1859 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 839 (Ashm.) So hard him hittis on the hede his hernes out weltid [MS. Dublin weltyn]. 2. transitive. To cast or throw down; to throw to the ground; to overturn; to beat down; also to roll, trundle. Cf. walt v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low layc888 afelleOE to throw downa1250 groundc1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 stoopc1275 evena1382 abatec1390 to bring downa1400 falla1400 welt?a1400 throwa1450 tumble1487 succumb1490 strewa1500 vaila1592 flat1607 level1614 floor1642 to fetch down1705 drop1726 supplant1751 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset overcastc1230 overturnc1300 overthrowc1330 to-turna1382 overwhelm?a1400 tilta1400 tipa1400 welt?a1400 overtiltc1400 tirvec1420 reverse?a1439 devolvec1470 subvert1479 welter?a1505 renverse1521 tumble1534 verse1556 upturn1567 overwhirl1577 rewalt1587 subverse1590 overset1599 overtumble1600 walt1611 to fetch up1615 ramvert1632 treveer1636 transvolve1644 capsize1788 upset1806 keel1828 overwelt1828 pitch-pole1851 purl1856 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3152 Walles he welte downe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. vii. 76 The burgeonit treis on buird thai bring for airis, Weltis down in woddis gret mastis. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. viii. 127 Down welting eik of huge wecht gret stanys. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. iii. 21 Ane Agmon of Lyrnesya fast tharby Presys, wyth all the fors in his body, A felloune stone to welt the wallys tyll. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7490 Aither wegh other woundit, & welt to þe grene. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiii/1 To Welt, actiue, euertere. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Welt..overturn cart or wain. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) Grass or corn is said to be welted when it is beaten down by wind or rain, &c. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Welt, v. t. to overset, to overturn. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words Welt, upset. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). weltv.³ Brit. /wɛlt/, U.S. /wɛlt/ Etymology: ? Alteration of welk v.¹ Compare earlier welter v.² and wilt v. Chiefly dialect. 1. transitive. Of the sun or weather: to wither (cut grass, etc.). Chiefly passive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > cause to lose freshness wizen1513 wither1555 wither1599 tarnish1709–10 welt1764 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 333 That wheat which is mowed will require many days of hot weather to welt the grass and weeds. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 389 ‘It is well welted:’ or ‘It is not fit to carry, it wants a good welting first’. a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 58 Wilted, shrivelled as an apple. Also Welted: the same word. 1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 ii. 350 Mown grass becomes first welted, then ferments. 2. intransitive. To become withered by exposure to the sun and air. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > wither [verb (intransitive)] falloweOE welka1300 starvec1400 witherc1400 dote?1440 wizena1450 mortifyc1475 vade1492 shrinkc1572 flitter1577 windle1579 shirpc1639 welter1645 welt1854 sickly1882 1865 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 ii. 412 It is good management to give these turnips on grass, and to let them ‘welt’, or become dry from exposure to the sun and air. Derivatives ˈwelting n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > poor growth withering?1523 unthriftiness1707 welting1766 marcescence1855 wilting1884 1766 Museum Rusticum 6 388 Cut the herb in the morning; and put it into the vats as soon as possible, in order to prevent its welting or heating. 1854Welting [see sense 1]. 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