To roll; revolve.n. An applied hem, selvage, bordering, or fringe; especially, a strengthening or ornamenting strip of material fastened along an edge, or over or between two joined edges, often forming a rounded ridge by the insertion of a cord or the doubling outward of the material.n. Specifically— In a heraldic achievement, a narrow border to an ordinary or charge.n. A strip of material sewed round or along an open edge, as of a glove.n. A strip of leather in a boot or shoe sewed round the edge of the conjoined upper leather and inner sole, preparatory to the attachment of the bottom or outer sole. See cut under boot.n. In carpentry, a strip forming an additional thickness laid over a flush seam or joint, or placed in an angle, to strengthen it, as in a carvel-built vessel.n. In sheet-iron work, a strip riveted to two contiguous plates forming a butt-joint.n. In knitting:n. One of the ribs at an end of the work, intended to prevent it from rolling up, as around the opening or top of a sock.n. A separate flap, as a heel-piece, on any piece of work made in a knitting-machine. It is made independently of the work, and afterward knitted on.n. Hence A low superficial ridge or linear swelling, as on the skin; a weal or wale: as, to raise welts on a person or an animal by blows with a whip. See welt, v. t, 2.To fix a welt or welts to or in; furnish or ornament with any thing called a welt: as, to welt shoes.To beat severely with a whip or stick, where by welts may be raised. See welt, n., 2.To wilt; wither; become soft or flabby, as from decay; become ropy or stringy, as some liquors.Preterit of walt.
