Welt

[Welt]

If someone hits you hard with a thin stick, your skin might rise up in a welt. Ouch. A welt is a swollen bruise.

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

Noun
a raised or strengthened seam

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

Verb
put a welt on; "welt the shoes"

Verb
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

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

n.
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.

n.
A hem, border, or fringe.

n.
In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.

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

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

n.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.

n.
A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

v. t.
To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

v. t.
To wilt.

Welt

Welt , n. [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.] 1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as; (a) 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. (b) A hem, border, or fringe. [Obs.] (c) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole. (d) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint. (e) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it. (f) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed. 2. (Her.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends. Welt joint, a joint, as of plates, made with a welt, instead of by overlapping the edges. See Weld, n., 1 (d).

Welt

Welt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welted; p. pr. & vb. n. Welting.] To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

Welt

Welt, v. t. To wilt. [R.]

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

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

To wilt.

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