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  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. 




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