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▪ I. † walt, n. Sc. Obs. rare—1.
? Beaten clay.
1488Rec. Burgh Lanark (1893) 2 Item, to Jok Inglis for makyn of walt and claying of the flur, iij days, ijs. iijd.
▪ II. † walt, a. Naut. Obs.
Also 6–7 walte.
[OE. *wealt, found only in unwealt steady; related to walt v.]
Of a ship: Unsteady, crank.
1539Adm. Ct. Exam. 4, 7 Dec., The said boate was very walte & very evyll made. 1627Capt. J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 53 We say a Ship is walt when shee is not stiffe, and hath not Ballast enough in her to keepe her stiffe. 1656Bradford Plymouth Plant. ii. (1856) 291 For covetousnes sake [they] did so over lade her,..as she was walte, and could not bear sayle. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lxiii, That our humane Vessels might not heeld, or be walt, but well trimm'd and stiff. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Walt, an obsolete or spurious term signifying crank.
▪ III. walt, v. Obs. exc. dial.|wɒlt|
Also 3–5 walte, 6–8 wolt, 9 dial. waut. Contracted pa. tense and pple. 4–5 walt.
[early ME. walten = OHG. walzan, MHG. walzen (strong) to roll, revolve (intr. and trans.); the OTeut. root *walt- appears to be an extension of *wal- (*wel-) to roll: see wallow v. Cf. welt v.]
1. trans. (with obj. clause). To revolve in the mind, consider. [So OHG. walzan.]
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Witte wel hwat þu hauest walte hwat þe tide.
2. To throw, cast, toss out, over, up, etc.; to fling to the ground; to overturn, upset.
Cf. root-walt v. (1532– ).
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1734 [Tekel] To teche þe of techal, þat terme þus menes, Þy wale rengne is walt in weȝtes to heng, & is funde ful fewe of hit fayth dedes. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1336 Þay..grayþely departed Þe wesaunt fro þe wynt-hole, & walt out þe guttez. c1400Destr. Troy 4633 The storme..walt vp the wilde se vppon wan hilles. Ibid. 5888 [Thai] woundit hom wikkedly, walt hom to ground. c1400Sege Jerus. 351 Or y to þe walles schal wende & walten alle ouere. 1513Douglas æneis i. vii. 13 Ane part haistis to beild the wallis wicht, And sum to..wolt wp stanes to the werk on hie. 1674Ray N.C. Words 51 To Walt,..to overthrow. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray, To Welt, or Wolt, overturn Cart or Wain. 1875Lancs. Gloss., Waut, to upset; to turn completely over. 1883Almondbury Gloss. Walt, to turn over... ‘Nay, lad; it ud walt ma table ovver’.
3. intr. To be thrown down, fall over, be upset or overturned; to totter; to lean to one side.
c1400Destr. Troy 909 As þe welkyn shold walt, a wonder⁓full noyse Skremyt vp to the skrow. c1400Sege Jerus. 69 Ouer wilde wawes he wende, as alle walte scholde. a1500Chester Pl., Ador. Sheph. 268 Ware lest thou walt here by the wall. 1674Ray N.C. Words 51 To Walt, to totter, or lean one way. 1875Lancs. Gloss., Waut,..to fall on one side. 1883Almondbury Gloss., Walt, to totter, or fall over.
b. With open: To be opened; to gape wide.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 501 Þen went þay to þe wykket, hit walt vpon sone. c1400Melayne 1145 So depe wondes þat day þay dalt, þat many on wyde opyn walt, þat wikkidly wondede was.
c. fig. To fall, into (anger, madness).
c1400Destr. Troy 1956 Nestor anone noyet þere with, And walt at his wordes into wode yre. Ibid. 8685 Sum walt into wodenes, & of wit past.
4. To gush out, pour, flow.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 364 Waltes out vch walle-heued, in full wode stremez. Ibid. 1037 Þer waltez of þat water in waxlokes grete, Þe spumande aspaltoun þat spyserez sellen.
▪ IV. walt(e
obs. forms of welt. |