welsher (welsher)

[ one who absconds without paying his lo es, or what is due to others on account of money deposited with him for betting. Also written welcher. machine to cut notches in the edges of a welt, in order to admit of laying it in smoothly at the toe. The cutting-blade is triangular, and is depre ed by a treadle and raised by a spring. E. H. Knight. The welcher properly so called takes the money offered him to back a horse, but, when he has taken money weltet. Preterit of weld3 , welde , older forms of enough from his dupes, departs from the scene of his la wield. bours, and trusts to his luck, a dyed wig, or a pair of false whiskers not to be recognised. All the Year Round. welter (wel'ter), v. [ Welsh man (welsh'man), n.; pl. Welsh men (-men). [Formerly also Welchman ; Welsh + man .] 1. A native of the principality of Wales, or a member of the Welsh race. - 2. A local name of the black-ba and of the squirrel-fish. welshnutt (welsh'nut), n. [Also walshnut ; walshnote , lit. 'foreign nut': see Welsh1 and nut , and cf. walnut .] The nut of Ju- glans regia , the European walnut; also, the tree. I saugh him carien a wind-melle Under a walsh - note [var. welsh - note ] shale. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1281. (Early printed editions have walnote .]