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English Dictionary: Kelt by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Kelt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kelt
n
  1. a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
    Synonym(s): Celt, Kelt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kelt \Kelt\, n.
      See {Kilt}, n. --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kelt \Kelt\, n. [Cf. Icel. kult quilt.]
      Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. [Scot.]
      --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kelt \Kelt\, n.
      A salmon after spawning. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kelt \Kelt\, n.
      Same as {Celt}, one of Celtic race.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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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