Weltered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[aum]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta,
     Dan. v[ae]lte, Sw. v[aum]ltra, v[aum]lta; cf. Goth. waltjan;
     probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. [root]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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