welt
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- noun A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.
- noun A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming.
- noun A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.
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- The Cheaney leather welt, the Dainite welt, two slabs of hard Cheaney leather, and a thick Dainite cap. — The Hard War
- "And if we're being watched, welt--we just might not reach the Border again." — Arrow's Fall
- Virtually any effort at all would have snapped them, without leaving so much as a welt; no, the real bindings here were those of his will over hers. — The White Gryphon
- She could feel Jason's gaze rising like a welt on the back of her neck. — The Tenth Circle
- It struck him on the cheek, raising a red welt, and he staggered back, away from the child. — Ill Met By Moonlight
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- Middle English welte.
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