wellington

[Named after the great Duke of Wellington.] A kind of long-legged boot, much worn by men in the first half of the nineteenth century. "Common Wellingtons turn Romeo boots." Keats: Modern Love. well-ing-tô-ni-a, s. [WELLINGTON.] Botany : 1. An old genus of Abietese, founded by Lindley for the reception of Wellingtonia gigantea , of Northwestern America. Some patriotic bot an ists, thinking that so splendid a tree, growing in the Western Continent, should be dedicated to the chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; welsome ants. B. As substantive: 1. The language spoken by Welsh people. It is a member of the Celtic family of languages, and forms with the Breton and the now extinct Cornish language the group known as the Cymric. It is noted for its remarkable capacity of forming compounds. 2. ( Pl.): The people of Wales collectively. Welsh Calvin is tic Methodists, s. pl. Ecclesiol. & Church Hist .: A name for the Calvin is tic Methodists (q. v.), the great majority of whose congregations are in Wales, and consist in large measure of members speaking the Welsh tongue. Welsh clear-wing, 8 . Entom.: A British Hawk-moth, Trochilium sco licæforme , found in Wales, the caterpillar feeding on birch wood. Welsh-flannel, subst. A very fine kind of flannel, chiefly handmade, from the fleeces of the sheep of the Welsh mountains. *Welsh-glaive, s. An ancient military weapon of the bill kind, but having, in addition to the cutting-blade, a hook at the back. Welsh-groin, s . Arch .: A groin formed by the intersection of two cylindrical vaults, of which one is of le height than the other. *Welsh-hook, s. The same as WELSH-GLAIVE (q. v.). "Swore the devil his true liegeman upon the cro of a Welsh - hook ."- Shakesp .: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , ii. 4. *Welsh-main, subst . A match at cock-fighting, where all must fight to death. "No cat would stand a fairer chance of winning a Welsh-main." -Southey: Doctor; Cats of Greta Hall.