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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wallow \Wal"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wallowed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Wallowing}.] [OE. walwen, AS wealwian akin to Goth.
walwjan (in comp.) to roll, L. volvere cf Skr. val to turn.
[root]147. Cf {Voluble Well}, n.]
1. To roll one's self about as in mire; to tumble and roll
about to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to
flounder; as swine wallow in the mire.
I may wallow in the lily beds. --Shak.
2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a
beastly and unworthy manner.
God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity.
--South.
3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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