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 wälzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. vælte, Sw. vältra, välta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. √146. See Well, v. i., and cf. Waltz. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. [ 1913 Webster ] When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ] These wizards welter in wealth's waves. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] He must not float upon his watery bier
Unwept, and welter to the parching wind,
Without the meed of some melodious tear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. “The weltering waves.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Waves that, hardly weltering, die away. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] Through this blindly weltering sea. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
