welter

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To wither; to wilt. [R.] Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor.
3. 3.Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to wither; to wilt. [R.] Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor called?
• What is of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest called?