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noun

Welter n.

That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough. "The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies."

A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.

verb

Welter v. t. To wither; to wilt. (R.) "Weltered hearts and blighted... memories."

Welter v. i. (past & past part. weltered; pres. part. weltering)

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." "These wizards welter in wealth's waves." "He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear." "The priests at the altar... weltering in their blood."

To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. "The weltering waves." "Waves that, hardly weltering, die away." "Through this blindly weltering sea."

adjective

Welter adj. (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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Etymology of 'Welter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Welter" Quotes from Famous Books

... walls. The hotel had bought three dozen of that little lot! The old hunting or "Rake's Progress" prints in the old inns were worth looking at—but this sentimental stuff—well, Victorianism had gone! "Tell them to hold on!" old Timothy had said. But to what were they to hold on in this modern welter of the "democratic principle"? Why, even privacy was threatened! And at the thought that privacy might perish, Soames pushed back his teacup and went to the window. Fancy owning no more of Nature than the crowd out there owned of the flowers and trees and waters of Hyde Park! No, ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... high-road, and made sure that if my fellows gained it first they would head back for Farnham. (What would befall me I left to Providence!) But some two or three of the enemy must have raced ahead and cut off that retreat; for when I came to it the way to the right lay open indeed, but the whole welter was pounding down the road to the left, straight for Alton. Again I followed, and in less than two hundred yards was pressing close upon three or four of the rearmost riders. This seemed to me good opportunity ...

— Corporal Sam and Other Stories • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... rearing A welter of maimed face bashed in from some old wound, Garbles Max Stirner. His words knock each other like little wooden blocks. No one heeds him, And a lank boy with hair over his eyes Pounds upon the ...

— The Ghetto and Other Poems • Lola Ridge

... atmosphere and zone Of Thy loving heart alone. Man, who walketh in a show, Sees before him, to and fro, Shadow and illusion go; All things flow and fluctuate, Now contract and now dilate. In the welter of this sea, Nothing stable is but Thee; In this whirl of swooning trance, Thou alone art permanence; All without Thee only seems, All beside is choice of dreams. Never yet in darkest mood Doubted I that Thou wast good, Nor mistook my will for fate, Pain of sin for heavenly hate,— Never ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

... dreaming in the sun, a welter of scrambled habitations. There was the little ship's cabin, called Kent Hall, where dwelt that genial spirit, Nathan Spear, his father's friend. Nearby was the dwelling, carpenter and blacksmith shop ...

— Port O' Gold • Louis John Stellman

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