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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Welter \Wel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[84]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v[91]lte, Sw. v[84]ltra, v[84]lta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. [?][?][?][?]. See {Well}, v. i., and cf. {Waltz}.] 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. --Latimer. These wizards welter in wealth's waves. --Spenser. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. --Milton. The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood. --Landor. 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. [bd]The weltering waves.[b8] --Milton. Waves that, hardly weltering, die away. --Wordsworth. Through this blindly weltering sea. --Trench. | |
