welter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: welter	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for welter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
welter n a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] v toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours" roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" Synonym(s): wallow, welter be immersed in; "welter in work"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welter \Wel"ter\, v. t. [Cf. {Wilt}, v. i.] To wither; to wilt. [R.] Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welter \Wel"ter\, a. (Horse Racing) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Welter \Wel"ter\, n. 1. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough. The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies. --Carlyle. 2. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.