Category: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.]

Wallow Wal"low, v. t.

Defn: to roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "wallow Thyself in ashes." Jer. vi. 26.

Wallow Wal"low, n.

Defn: a kind of rolling walk. One taught the toss, and one the new french wallow. Dryden.