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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whelm \Whelm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whelmed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Whelming}.] [OE. whelmen to turn over akin to OE whelven
AS whelfan hwylfan in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm,
cover over akin to OS bihwelbian D. welven to arch, G.
w["o]lben, OHG. welben Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf Gr ?
bosom, a hollow, a gulf.]
1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion
in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to
ingulf.
She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak.
The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay.
2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse;
to overcome; as to whelm one in sorrows. ``The whelming
weight of crime.'' --J. H. Newman.
3. To throw something over a thing so as to cover it
[Obs.] --Mortimer.
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