welter

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The region was a welter, and a welter of which we can tell very little indeed.

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  1. noun A confused mass; a jumble: a welter of papers and magazines.
  2. noun Confusion; turmoil.
  3. intransitive verb To wallow, roll, or toss about, as in mud or high seas.

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  • And among the dwindling, desperate millions who remained in the orbiting wreckage and continuing welter, there were more than enough fanatics to be found. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • His only defeat came in the higher welterweight division against Floyd Mayweather and at light-welter, which he will contest with Pacquiao, he has never looked close to defeat. —  Daily Express News Feeds
  • For a welter, say of some 200 pounds, add 6 inches to her length, 2 inches to her beam and 1 inch rise at center. —  Woodcraft
  • His emotions were too chaotic for analysis, but one thing stood out clear from the welter--the fact that he was glad to be with Nelly as he had never been glad to be with a girl before, and found her soothing as he had never supposed a girl could be soothing They talked desultorily of unimportant things, and every minute found Freddie more convinced that Nelly was not as other girls. —  Jill the Reckless
  • He turned and beat it; he churned his bed into a furious welter, and the silken curtain lowered He shrank from it now, staring. —  O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English welteren, to toss about, as in high seas, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English welteren, a variant of walteren, waltren, roll over: see walter.
  2. from welter, v.
 

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/ˈwɛltər/
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