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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Celt \Celt\, n. [LL. celts a chisel.] (Arch[ae]ol.)
A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli,
or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Celt \Celt\, n. [L. Celtae, Gr ?, ?, pl.: cf W. Celtiad one
that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt,
fr celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.]
One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a
great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose
descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the
Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.
[Written also {Kelt}. The letter C was pronounced hard in
Celtic languages.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Celt
n : a member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain
and Gaul in pre-Roman times [syn: {Celt}, {Kelt}]
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