Welsh adj.
In compounds
see Welch comb n.
a louse.
![]() | Quip for Upstart Courtier F: Before he [the taylor] had no other cognizance but a plaine Spanish needle with a Welsh cricket at top. |
removing the roof of a tenant’s house, with the purpose of making the house uninhabitable.
![]() | Lex. Balatronicum. | |
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |
hemp, as used in the hangman’s rope.
![]() | Elder Brother I ii: In tough Welsh-parsly, which our vulgar Tongue Is strong hempen halters. | |
![]() | Hey for Honesty IV i: This is a rascal deserves to ride up Holborn, And take a pilgrimage to the triple tree, To dance in hemp Derrick’s coranto: Let’s choke him with Welsh parsley. | |
![]() | Ratts rhimed to death 55: Wee'l draw it [i.e. the Rump Parliament] round about / With Welsh Parsley, and no doubt / It will choak Pluto’s great Dog to eat. |
(UK Und.) bread and toasted cheese sopped in small beer.
![]() | New and Improved Flash Dict. |
(UK Und.) a leek.
![]() | New and Improved Flash Dict. |