Welter

1. n. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
2. v. i. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
3. v. i. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
4. v. i. To wither; to wilt.
5. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
6. n. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.