walt

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  1. To roll; tumble. As the welkyn shold wait, a wonderfull noyse Skremyt vp to the skrow with a skryke ffelle. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 909.
  2. To turn; cast; overturn. Verser vn chariot. To wault, ouerturne, or ouerthrow a chariot; whence the Prouerbe, 11 n'est si bon chartier qui ne verse, the best that driues will sometimes uavlt a cart. Cotgrave.
  3. Nautical, unsteady; crank. For covetousnes sake [they] did so over lade her, not only filling her hould, but so stufed her betweene decks, as she was walte, and could not bear sayle, and they had like to have been cast away at sea. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 291.

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  • He himself recognized his unusual approach and often sent some of his unorthodox proposals to his staff members flagged with the large capital letters "ZWI," which stood for "Zum-walt's Wild Idea." —  Brown Waters, Black Berets
  • Vice Admiral Zum-walt, as chief of the Naval Advisory Group as well as Commander Naval Forces Vietnam, waited for the Air Force briefer to finish so that he could present the Navy's plan. —  Brown Waters, Black Berets
  • -- Posted by walt amses on Tue, Apr 7, 2009, 7: 15 pm EST —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
  • -- Posted by walt amses on Sat, Apr 11, 2009, 5: 44 pm EST —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
  • -- Posted by walt amses on Sat, Apr 11, 2009, 7: 57 am EST —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
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  1. Early modern English also vault; from Middle English walten, from Anglo-Saxon wealten, roll, = Old High German walzan, Middle High German G. walzen, roll, = Icelandic velta, roll. Hence ult. wait, adjective, walty. walter, welter, and (from G.) waltz.
  2. from Middle English *walt, from Anglo-Saxon wealt, un steady, in comp. unwealt, steady, from wealtan, roll: see walt, v.
 

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