5  definitions  found 
 
  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["a]lzen  to  welter,  OHG.  walzan  to  roll,  Icel.  velta, 
  Dan.  v[ae]lte,  Sw  v["a]ltra,  v["a]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. 
  ``The  weltering  waves.''  --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\,  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. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  welter 
  n  :  a  confused  multitude  of  things  [syn:  {clutter},  {jumble},  {muddle}, 
  {mare's  nest},  {smother}] 
  v  1:  toss  roll,  or  rise  and  fall  in  an  uncontrolled  way  "The 
  shipwrecked  survivors  welterd  in  the  sea  for  hours" 
  2:  roll  around  as  of  a  pig  in  mud  [syn:  {wallow}] 
  3:  be  immersed  in  as  of  work 

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