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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times [syn: Celt, Kelt]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of CELT.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a salmon or sea trout after spawning. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kilt Kilt, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kelt Kelt, n. See Kilt, n. --Jamieson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kelt Kelt, n. [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.] Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kelt Kelt, n. A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kelt Kelt, n. Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Celt Celt, n. [L. Celtae, Gr. ?, ?, pl.: cf. W. Celtiad one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt, fr. celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.] One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]





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