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Weltering

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. [root]146. 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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weltering

n. The motion of something that welters; a billowing. vb. (present participle of welter English)