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Webster 1913 Edition
Welter
Wel′ter
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Weltered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weltering
.] 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
Without the meed of some melodious tear.
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.
“The weltering waves.” Milton.
Waves that, hardly
weltering
, die away. Wordsworth.
Through this blindly
weltering
sea. Trench.
Wel′ter
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. ]
Wilt
, Verb.
I.
To wither; to wilt.
[R.]
Weltered
hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor.
Wel′ter
,Adj.
(Horse Racing)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting;
as, a
. welter
race; the welter
stakesWel′ter
,Noun.
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 tempestWebster 1828 Edition
Welter
WELTER
,Verb.
T.