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welshes, 3rd person singular present; welshing, present participle; welshed, past tense; welched, past participle; welches, 3rd person singular present; welching, present participle; welched, past tense; welshed, past participle;
  1. Fail to honor (a debt or obligation incurred through a promise or agreement)
    • - banks began welshing on their agreement not to convert dollar reserves into gold
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"
  2. Welshman: a native or resident of Wales
  3. cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
  4. a Celtic language of Wales
  5. a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales
  6. Welsh is a town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,380 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area.
  7. Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg, pronounced) is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England and in the Welsh immigrant colony in the Chubut Valley in Patagonia.
  8. Welsh (names, initials and dates unknown) was an English amateur cricketer who made 8 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1791 to 1793.
  9. The Welsh is a breed of domestic pig native to Wales. It is a large white breed known for its hardiness in outdoor (extensive) farming and its long, pear-shaped body. First mentioned in the 1870s, the breed is currently the third most common sire in the U.K. ...
  10. Welsh is a surname from the Anglo-Saxon language given to the Celtic Britons.
  11. The Welsh people (Cymry) are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.
  12. Welshy is a nickname that may refer to: * John Welsh (footballer) (b. 1984), U.K. soccer player * Harry Welsh (1918-1995), American paratrooper in World War II * Welshy, fictional character in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", a 2002 episode of the Futurama animated TV series
  13. to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt
  14. An acronym coined by American Pat Steigman. It describes a method of describing a given throw. The five characteristics that can be controlled by the thrower are the angle with respect to the wind (W), the elevation of the throw (E), the amount of layover (L), the amount of spin (S) and the ...
  15. Latin. — Davies, London, 1632, fol.: Boxhornius, Amstelodami, 1654, 4to. English. — Salesbury, London, 1547, 4to: 1551: Richards, Bristol, 1759, 8vo: Owen (W.), London, 1793-1794, 8vo, 2 vols.; 1803, 4to, 3 vols.: Walters, ib. 1794, 4to: Owen-Pughe, Denbigh, 1832, 8vo; 3rd ed. Pryse, ib. ...
  16. A name derived from the continental Volcae, which came to be applied indiscriminately to all Western European inhabitants of the Roman Empire. ...
  17. The failure of being able to pay off the debt or the placed wager.