WALLOWING
Verb
wallowing
present participle of wallow
Noun
wallowing (plural wallowings)
The act of one who wallows.
Source: Wiktionary
WALLOW
Wal"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wallowing.]
Etym: [OE. walwen, AS. wealwian; akin to Goth. walwjan (in comp.) to
roll, L. volvere; cf. Skr. val to turn. *147. Cf. Voluble Well, n.]
1. To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to
move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow
in the mire.
I may wallow in the lily beds. Shak.
2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly
and unworthy manner.
God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity. South.
3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wal"low, v. t.
Definition: To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "Wallow
thyself in ashes." Jer. vi. 26.
Wal"low, n.
Definition: A kind of rolling walk.
One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition