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(), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Wallowed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Wallowing.] [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.To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "Wallow thyself in ashes." Jer. vi. 26. Wal"low n.A kind of rolling walk. One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow. Dryden. Wal"low (), n. 1. Act of wallowing. 2. A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the ground made by its wallowing; as, a buffalo wallow. スポンサード リンク
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