Kelt

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kelt \Kelt\, n.
     See {Kilt}, n. --Jamieson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Kelt \Kelt\, n. [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.]
     Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [Scot.]
     --Jamieson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kelt \Kelt\, n.
     A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kelt \Kelt\, n.
     Same as {Celt}, one of Celtic race.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Celt \Celt\ (s[e^]lt; k[e^]lt), n. [L. Celtae, Gr. Keltoi`,
     Ke`ltai, 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Kelt
       n : a member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain
           and Gaul in pre-Roman times [syn: {Celt}]