of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
<adj.pert> the Welsh coast Welsh syntax
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\, 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\, 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.]
Davies smiles enigmatically and walks off. Cardiff, February 1. The first home game in the championship for Wales is marked by an outpouring of Welsh cliches.
'Their mad policies have infiltrated the Welsh party and are pushing it in a direction and at a rate that the people of Wales do not altogether want.' Conservatives are adamantly opposed to any form of devolution.
Trad mayhem, swing and bebop permeate the comfortably fraying fabric of the Welsh market town, running together happily.
Conducting the BBC Welsh Symphony, Tadaki Otaka was freshly attentive to everything. The longest piece was Max Bruch's G minor violin concerto, which has been fading from the repertoire since the Second World War.
THE FIRST projects for a Pounds 350m a year programme to regenerate the south Wales valleys were announced yesterday by Mr John Redwood, Welsh secretary.
The local district council and the government-sponsored Welsh Development Authority are already working on new industries for Maerdy, but the results may be years away.
Eight of United's regular first-team players are Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Danish, French or Russian.
It is admired for its wooing of foreign investors, land reclamation and fostering of partnerships in urban renewal - the decrepit state of many Welsh towns is at last being tackled.
'It shows it is possible to admit you've got something wrong and get out with credit,' according to Mr Robert Miller-Bakewell, analyst at County NatWest. The sale clears the way for Welsh to change direction on its unregulated business.
In its early days so few people watched S4C, the Welsh fourth channel, the joke was that it would have been been cheaper to give Welsh speakers free video recorders. More than a decade later all that has changed.
In its early days so few people watched S4C, the Welsh fourth channel, the joke was that it would have been been cheaper to give Welsh speakers free video recorders. More than a decade later all that has changed.
For successful business, contact the Welsh Development Agency - the Welsh Advantage.' That advantage has been put in doubt.
For successful business, contact the Welsh Development Agency - the Welsh Advantage.' That advantage has been put in doubt.
The exceptions were the Scottish and Irish chartered accountants. Mr Ian Plaistowe, a former president of the English and Welsh Institute, may be a senior Andersen partner as well as a member of the Bishop working group. But there the similarities do end.
I didn't start off with it.' The Welsh Calvinism was injected by three weird aunts with whom he was sent to live in Carmarthen.
Morale at the agency, responsible to the Welsh Office for promoting economic development in Wales and improving the physical environment, is low. 'Everyone is confused,' said one insider.
Few outsiders venture to Batanes, whose lush green fields, mist-shrouded hills and villages on rocky cliffs make it look more like the Welsh coast than the tropics.
Welsh pop singer Tom Jones tossed garters to several hundred female fans during a ceremony adding his name and star to Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
What could be more fitting for Welsh National Opera that evening than this enchanting opera on the theme of a dream fulfilled? After the rediscovery of so many Massenet operas in the 1970s the composer seemed to get forgotten.
Another sign that Cabinet new boy Welsh Secretary John Redwood, who has been churning out announcement after announcement about new jobs in the past few days, is overdoing it.
A Rumson, N.J., shareholder said in a lawsuit filed in Nashville chancery court that directors breached their fiduciary responsibility by accepting the Welsh Carson bid.
The three seats won by Plaid Cymru in 1987 were all in Gwynedd, the one part of Wales where Welsh is the everyday language.
According to Mr Ken Jones, assistant city engineer, it now has the potential to become one of the most exciting cities in Britain. The magnitude of Swansea's problem was enormous, as it was in its two Welsh neighbours.
This has a dual mother/daughter theme as it evokes marvellously a period in Sarton's mother's childhood when she was sent to stay with an old Welsh woman and her disturbed and violent daughter.
Rayer has Waterman's timing, Clement is a joy to watch, the complete player; the Welsh are blessed with such a choice. Paul Hull is the first modern fullback the England team has had.
The orchestra played "God Save the Queen," the "Star Spangled Banner" and the "Welsh National Anthem." From the stage, Koch told her: "I want to bid you welcome.
English and Welsh officials last month sent promotional letters to 20 million customers, a record for a U.K. privatization.
John Hughes, a Welsh blacksmith, opened the first big steel plant in Donetsk, then called Yuzovka, in 1872.
And from the other, "I'm also Welsh, and I'll have coffee, too." The poor fellow was positively undone.
'I don't like that word,' he said in his sing-song Welsh accent.