/welz/ , n.
1. Henry , 1805-78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
2. H(erbert) G(eorge) , 1866-1946, English novelist and historian.
3. Horace , 1815-48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic.
4. Ida Bell ( Ida Bell Wells-Barnett ), 1862-1931, U.S. journalist and civil-rights leader.
5. a historic town in E Somersetshire, in SW England: cathedral. 8586.