WELTER
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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&ä;lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. vælte, Sw. v&ä;ltra, v&ä;lta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. √146. See Well, v. i., and cf. Waltz.]
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1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
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When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.
Latimer.
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These wizards welter in wealth's waves.
Spenser.
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He must not float upon his watery bier
Unwept, and welter to the parching wind,
Without the meed of some melodious tear.
Milton.
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The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood.
Landor.
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2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. “The weltering waves.” Milton.
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Waves that, hardly weltering, die away.
Wordsworth.
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Through this blindly weltering sea.
Trench.
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Wel"ter, v. t. [Cf. Wilt, v. i.] To wither; to wilt. [R.]
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Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories.
I. Taylor.
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Wel"ter, a. (Horse Racing) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
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Wel"ter, n.
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1. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
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The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies.
Carlyle.
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2. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
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