To unroof the house, a method practised by landlords in Wales to eject a bad tenant.
·noun A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from thei...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj ·see <<Welsh>>. ...
The thumb and four fingers. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The itch. See scotch fiddle. ...
Like a Welch mile, long and narrow. His story is like a Welch mile, long and tedious. ...
(i. e. a Welch rare-bit) Bread and cheese toasted. See rabbit.--The Welch are said to be so remarka...
To take away the street door: a method practised by the landlords in Kent-street, Southwark, when th...