welt

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welt / welt/ • n. 1. a leather rim sewn around the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached. ∎  a ribbed, reinforced, or decorative border of a garment or pocket.2. a red, swollen mark left on flesh by a blow or pressure. ∎  a heavy blow.• v. [tr.] 1. provide with a welt.2. strike (someone or something) hard and heavily: I could have welted her. ∎  [intr.] develop a raised scar: his lip was beginning to thicken and welt from the blow.

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