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• Welter
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(1):

(n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.

(2):

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

(3):

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.

(4):

(v. i.) To wither; to wilt.

(5):

(v. i.) To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.

(6):

(v. i.) To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.