Meaning celt
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celt"stone chisel," 1715, from a Latin ghost word (apparently a misprint of certe) in Job xix.24 in Vulgate: "stylo ferreo, et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice;" translate [..]
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celtalso Kelt, c. 1600, from Latin Celta, singular of Celtae, from Greek Keltoi, Herodotus' word for the Gauls (who also were called Galatai). Used by the Romans of continental Gauls but apparently n [..]
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celt(n) a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
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celtA piece of stone, ground artificially into a wedge-like shape, with a cutting edge. Used, before the employment of bronze and iron, for knives, hatchets, and chisels.
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