(a) Pertaining to the indigenous population of England at the time of the Anglo-Saxon arrival; (b) belonging to Wales (as constituted at various times) by birth and descent, Welsh; also, pertaining to Wales; (c) welshes ale, a type of ale of Welsh provenance; ~ bil, a weapon consisting of a heavy knife with a hooked end, billhook; ~ drovere, a dealer in Welsh cattle; ~ frised, a coarse woolen cloth, with a thick nap on one side, manufactured in Wales; ~ lond; ~ mantle, a mantle made of Welsh cloth; ~ mile, ?a distance reckoned as a mile in Wales; ?the distance of a meandering line at least the length of an English mile; ~ note [see walsh-not(e n.]; ~ russet, a type of woolen cloth produced in Wales; ~ scarlet, ?iron. an old, worn-out piece of clothing; ~ se, a part of the Atlantic between Ireland and Wales, the Irish Sea.

(a) Foreign, strange, alien; (b) ~ bord (plankes), ?foreign lumber; ?Welsh lumber [perh. influenced by weldish, q.v., or the walsh- of walsh-not(e, q.v.].

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.249].