welt trimmer

A cutting-tool for trimming the welts of shoes. welt (1), v. t. [WELT, subst.] To furnish with a welt; to fix a welt on; to ornament with a welt. "The bodies and sleeves of green velvet, welted with white satin." -Shelton: Don Quixote , pt. iii., ch. xiii. *welt (2), *welte, v . i . [WILT, v.] welt-ěd, a . [WELT (2), v .] 1. Ord . Lang .: Ropy or stringy. ( Prov .) 2. Bot .: Flaccid, drooping, as Carduus acan thoides. welt-er, *walt-er, v . i . & t . A frequent. from Mid. Eng. walten = to roll over, to overturn, to totter, to fall, to rush, from A. S. wealtan , wyltan = to roll round; cogn. with Icel. velta (pa. t. velt )=to roll; veltask =to rotate; Dan. vælte to roll, to overturn; Sw. vältra =to roll, to wallow, to welter, frequent. from välta =to roll; Ger. wälzen =to roll, to wallow, to welter, from walzen =to roll; Goth. us walt jan to subvert.] [WALTZ.] IMG:content-0792.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To cause to rise and fall as waves; to to about. "And foamy Nereus... From bottom depth doth weltre up the seas. Surrey: Virgil's Æneid , ii. 447. 2. To make or force, as by wallowing or moving through something foul or liquid. ( Carlyle .) welt-er, s . [WELTER, v.]