Noun
a confused multitude of things

Verb
be immersed in; "welter in work"

Verb
roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

Verb
toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

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

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

v. i.
To wither; to wilt.

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

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

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

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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'84lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v'91lte, Sw. v'84ltra, v'84lta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. . See Well, v. i., and cf. Waltz.] 1. 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.

2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. "The weltering waves." Milton.

Waves that, hardly weltering, die away.

Through this blindly weltering sea.

Welter

Wel"ter, v. t. [Cf. Wilt, v. i.] To wither; to wilt. [R.]

Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories.

Welter

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

Welter

Wel"ter, n. 1. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.

The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies.

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

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

To wither; to wilt.

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

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