Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gaelic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Erse \Erse\ ([~e]rs), n. [A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.]
A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is
spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the
Highlanders, {Gaelic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gaelic \Gael"ic\, n. [Gael. Gaelig, G[`a]ilig.]
The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of
Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gaelic \Gael"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gael. G[`a]idhealach, Gaelach,
from G[`a]idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.] (Ethnol.)
Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders
of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Gaelic
adj : relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: {Celtic}, {Gaelic}]
n : any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and
Scotland [syn: {Gaelic}, {Goidelic}, {Erse}]
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