'Gaelic' definitions:
Definition of 'Gaelic'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Gaelic'
From: GCIDE
- Erse \Erse\ ([~e]rs), n. [A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.] A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gaelic'
From: GCIDE
- Gaelic \Gael"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gael. G[`a]idhealach, Gaelach, from G[`a]idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gaelic'
From: GCIDE
- Gaelic \Gael"ic\, n. [Gael. Gaelig, G[`a]ilig.] The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic. [1913 Webster]