WELTER-WEIGHT
\wˈɛltəwˈe͡ɪt], \wˈɛltəwˈeɪt], \w_ˈɛ_l_t_ə_w_ˈeɪ_t]\
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wel't[.e]r-w[=a]t, n. an unusually heavy weight, carried mostly in steeple-chases and hurdle-races.--n. WEL'TER-RACE, a race in which such weights are carried.--n.pl. WEL'TER-STAKES, the stakes in a welter-race. [Perh. from welter, in allusion to the less free motion; others trace to swelter, from the heating of the heavily weighted horses.]
By Thomas Davidson
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