Definition
| • | To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. |
| • | To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest. |