welsh

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to Wales.
2. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
3. (not-comparable)Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.
4. (historical, not-comparable)Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.

   “The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.”

5. (obsolete)Foreign.

noun

1. (uncountable)The Welsh language.

   “9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh.”

2. (collective, countable, in-plural, uncountable)The people of Wales.
3. (countable, uncountable)A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

name

1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
2. An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.
3. A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
4. An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.

verb

1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes)To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
2. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes)To go back on one's word.

   “"He can weasel out if^([sic]) it." Ibanez massaged her knuckles. "He can say Couch welshed on a deal, and didn't show, and that's why Karen got got. It isn't conclusive. I have another thing I can lay on him, but even the two combined won't do. We need a third smoking gun if we're really gonna smoke this son of a bitch."”