'Gaelic' definitions:

Definition of 'Gaelic'

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: Celtic, Gaelic]

noun

Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland [syn: Gaelic, Goidelic, Erse]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]