kelt

[kelt]

noun

a salmon that has spawned.

Origin of kelt

1300–50; Middle English (north) < ?

Kelt

[kelt]

noun

Celt.

Related formsKelt·ic, noun, adjectiveKelt·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for kelt

Historical Examples of kelt

I was reduced to tell the Kelt to ask the huckster of whom he bought.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
Various
We all knew it was a kelt, and get him to spurt or be lively I could not.
Lines in Pleasant Places
William Senior
It's no the kelt that diz it, 'tis jist the way they pit it on.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 19 1895
Various
Not the speech of the Fin, the German, or the Kelt, though these are the nearest in geography.
The Ethnology of Europe
Robert Gordon Latham
"I thought a kelt was a kind of a no-weel fish," he interposed.
Huntingtower
John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for kelt

kelt

noun

a salmon that has recently spawned and is usually in poor condition

Word Origin for kelt

C14: of unknown origin

Kelt

noun

a variant of Celt

Derived FormsKeltic, adjectiveKeltically, adverbKelticism, nounKelticist or Keltist, noun

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