Cĕlt, n.

n. [Lat. Cĕlti, Gr. Κελτοί, Κέλται, pl., W. Celtiad, one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, Celt, from celt, covert, shelter, celu, to hide, akin to Lat. celare.]

1. One of an ancient race of people, of Asiatic origin, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France.
2. An implement, sometimes made of stone and sometimes of metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

On the tables, every clime and age Jumbled together; celts and calumets, Claymore and snow-shoe. Tennyson.