'Welch' definitions:
Definition of 'welch'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt [syn: welsh, welch]
Definition of 'Welch'
From: GCIDE
- 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[aum]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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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[aum]lsch foreign.
- Welsh parsley, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular] --J. Fletcher.
- Welsh rabbit. See under Rabbit. [1913 Webster]
Welch, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Welch, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
597
Housing Units (2000) :
295
Land area (2000) :
0.456193 sq. miles (1.181534 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.456193 sq. miles (1.181534 sq. km)
FIPS code :
79750
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.874605 N, 95.093805 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
74369
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Welch, WV -- U.S. city in West Virginia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Welch, WV -- U.S. city in West Virginia
Population (2000) :
2683
Housing Units (2000) :
1453
Land area (2000) :
3.267571 sq. miles (8.462969 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.267571 sq. miles (8.462969 sq. km)
FIPS code :
85228
Located within :
West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location :
37.437323 N, 81.579002 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
24801
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.