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Webster 1913 Edition

Welter

Wel′ter

,
Verb.
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
wälzen
to welter, OHG.
walzan
to roll, Icel.
velta
, Dan.
vælte
, Sw.
vältra
,
välta
; cf. Goth.
waltjan
; probably akin to E.
wallow
,
well
, v. i. √146. See
Well
,
Verb.
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.

Wel′ter

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf.
Wilt
,
Verb.
I.
]
To wither; to wilt.
[R.]
Weltered
hearts and blighted . . . memories.
I. Taylor.

Wel′ter

,
Adj.
(Horse Racing)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting;
as, a
welter
race; the
welter
stakes
.

Wel′ter

,
Noun.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Welter

WELTER

,
Verb.
T.
[G., L.] To roll, as the body of an animal; but usually, to roll or wallow in some foul matter; as, to welter in blood or in filth.

Definition 2024

wélter

wélter

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Spanish

Noun

wélter m ‎(uncountable)

  1. (boxing) welter (boxing class)

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