WALLOWS

Noun

wallows

plural of wallow

Anagrams

• Swallow, swallow

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



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