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A kind of long boots for men.

A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. Prov. xvi. 22.

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

The sheatfish; -- called also waller.

Of or pertaining to Auer von Welsbach or the incandescent gas burner invented by him. -- Welsbach burner, a burner in which the combustion of a mixture of air and gas or vapor is employed to heat to incandescence a mantle composed of thoria and ceria. The mantle is made by soaking a "stocking" in a solution of nitrates…

Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants. [Sometimes written also Welch.] 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 kin…

to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also welcher.] [Slang, Eng.]

A native or inhabitant of Wales; one of the Welsh.

Prosperous; well. [Obs.] Wyclif. -- Wel"some*ly, adv. Wyclif.

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as;

Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology.

imp. of Weld, to wield. Chaucer.

y of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. Latimer. These wizards welter in wealth's waves. Spenser. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed…

A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that of a lightweight and that of a middleweight.

Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of the world in general; sentimental pessimism.

An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceæ. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.

Spot; blemish; harm; hurt. [Obs.] Wyclif. Withouten wem of you, through foul and fair. Chaucer.

Having no wem, or blemish; spotless. [Obs.] "Virgin wemless." Chaucer.

An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.

The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.