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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wale, welt, weal, whealnoun

    a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

  2. weltverb

    a raised or strengthened seam

  3. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounceverb

    beat severely with a whip or rod

    "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

  4. weltverb

    put a welt on

    "welt the shoes"

GCIDE

  1. weltnoun

    A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to raise welts on the back with a whip.

  2. weltnoun

    A blow that produces a welt.

Wiktionary

  1. weltnoun

    A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.

  2. weltnoun

    A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.

  3. weltnoun

    A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.

  4. weltverb

    To cause to have welts, to beat.

  5. weltverb

    To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

  6. Etymology: c.1425, a shoemaker's term. Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Weltnoun

    A border; a guard; an edging.

    Little low hedges made round like welts, with some pretty pyramids, I like well. Francis Bacon.

    Certain scioli, or smatterers, are busy in the skirts and outsides of learning, and have scarce any thing of solid literature to recommend them. They may have some edging or trimming of a scholar, a welt, or so; but no more. Ben Jonson.

  2. To Weltverb

    To sew any thing with a border.

    Etymology: from the noun.

ChatGPT

  1. welt

    A welt is a raised area on the skin, often caused by injury or inflammation. It can refer to a ridge or bump formed on human skin due to the body's reaction to an insect bite or contact with an irritant. Alternatively, in sewing, a welt refers to a strip of material that is sewn into a garment or other item as reinforcement or trim.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Weltnoun

    that which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

  2. Weltnoun

    a small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down

  3. Weltnoun

    a hem, border, or fringe

  4. Weltnoun

    in shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole

  5. Weltnoun

    in steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint

  6. Weltnoun

    in carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it

  7. Weltnoun

    in machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed

  8. Weltnoun

    a narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends

  9. Weltverb

    to furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve

  10. Weltverb

    to wilt

  11. Etymology: [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.]

Wikidata

  1. welt

    Welt is the first album by the band ohGr, formed by Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. The song Water has been featured in the motion pictures Life as a House and for the end titles in Kill Theory.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Welt

    welt, n. a kind of hem or edging round a shoe: (coll.) a weal.—v.t. to furnish with a welt: to flog severely.—adj. Welt′ed.—n. Welt′ing. [W. gwald, a hem.]

  2. Welt

    welt, v.i. (prov.) to decay: to become stringy. [Wilt.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WELT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Welt is ranked #42030 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Welt surname appeared 517 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Welt.

    95.7% or 495 total occurrences were White.
    1.5% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WELT in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WELT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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