Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
2. A small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down.
4. In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
5. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
6. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
8. A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
1. To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
2. To wilt.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
2. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
3. To wither; to wilt.
Edge Roget’s Thesaurus §231