What is to throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] Mortimer called?
whelm — To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] Mortimer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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