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welt

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welt  (wlt)
n.
1. A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.
2. A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming.
3.
a. A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.
b. A lash or blow producing such a mark.
tr.v. welt·ed, welt·ing, welts
1. To reinforce or trim with a welt.
2. To beat severely; flog.
3. To raise welts or a welt on.

[Middle English welte.]

welt [wɛlt]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a raised or strengthened seam or edge, sewn in or on a knitted garment
2. (Medicine / Pathology) another word for weal1
3. (Clothing & Fashion) (in shoemaking) a strip of leather, etc., put in between the outer sole and the inner sole and upper
vb (tr)
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to put a welt in (a garment, etc.)
2. to beat or flog soundly
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ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.welt - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
2.welt - a raised or strengthened seam
seam - joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
Verb1.weltwelt - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
leather - whip with a leather strap
horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses
switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod
cowhide - flog with a cowhide
cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
birch - whip with a birch twig
2.welt - put a welt on; "welt the shoes"
add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

welt
noun mark, scar, ridge, streak, stripe, weal, wheal, wale, contusion He had a red welt on the side of his face where Pringle's blow had landed.
Translations
welt [welt]
A. N
1. (= weal) → verdugón m
2. [of garment] → ribete m
3. [of shoe] → vira f
B. VT
1. [+ shoe] → poner vira a
2. (= beat) → pegar, zurrar

welt [ˈwɛlt] n (= weal) → marque f

welt
n
(of shoe)Rahmen m; (of pullover)Bündchen nt
(= weal)Striemen m

welt [wɛlt] n (bruise) → livido
welt [wɛlt] n (bruise) → livido

welt
n welt [welt]
a band or strip fastened to an edge of an article of clothing for strength or for ornament. naat, strook حاشِيَه кант lem kantebånd die Borte λωρίδα που δένεται στην άκρη αντικειμένου για υποστήριξη ή στολισμό vira kant(pael) حاشيه چرمي دور چيزي päärme bordure רְצוּעָה किनारा kožni obrub szegély kain untuk hiasan tepian baju brydding, ræma cordone, orlo へり飾り (구두의) 대다리, (옷 등의) 가두리 천 apsiuvas, kraštas apmale; nošuve jalur kulit pada kasut boordsel kantebånd, snorkanting lamówka debrum tighel рант lem obrobek obrub rand, söm, bård ตะเข็บของเสื้อผ้า kenar şeridi 衣服的貼邊或飾邊 рант на взутті پٹی đường viền


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O the blazing tropic night, when the wake's a welt of light That holds the hot sky tame, And the steady forefoot snores through the planet-powdered floors Where the scared whale flukes in flame.
It was some minutes before I came to, and then I opened my eyes just in time to see Sir Gareth fetch him an awful welt, and I uncon- sciously out with the prayer, "I hope to gracious he's killed
went the stick on the back of the other's head, raising such a welt that the blood came.
 
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