[selt] 
| an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting. |
[kelt, selt] | a member of an Indo-European people now represented chiefly by the Irish, Gaels, Welsh, and Bretons. |
| Celtic (def. 1). |
[kel-tik, sel-] | 1. | a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany. Abbreviation: Celt |
| 2. | of the Celts or their languages. |
| celt (sělt) n. A common prehistoric tool of stone or metal, shaped like a chisel or ax head. [Medieval Latin celtis, chisel.] |
| Celt (kělt, sělt) n.
[French Celte, sing. of Celtes, Celts, from Latin Celtae, from Greek Keltoi.] |
celt
characteristic New Stone Age tool, a polished stone ax or adz head designed for attachment to a wooden shaft and probably mainly used for felling trees or shaping wood. Great numbers of celts have been discovered in sites in the British Isles and Denmark; they were obviously traded widely. Bronze Age tools of similar general design are also called celts.
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