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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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