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overˈwelt, v. Sc. and north. dial.
[f. over- 6 + welt v., to turn: cf. overwalt.]
a. trans. To overturn, upset; in pass. said spec. of a sheep when fallen on its back so as to be unable to rise: cf. awalt, far-welted.
b. intr. To tumble over. Hence ˈoverwelt n. dial. (see quot. 1788).
1513Douglas æneis viii. xii. 37 Ourweltit wyth the bensell of the ayris, Fast fra the forstammis the flude swouchis and raris. Ibid. x. vii. 105 Ourweltis Retheus in ded thrawis atanis, And with hys helys smayt the Rutilian planis. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. Gloss. (E.D.S.) s.v., A sheep which gets laid upon its back in a hollow is said to be in an owerwelt. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2.), Ower-welted, overturned. 1876Gloss. Mid-Yorks. s.v., A cart is welted, or upturned, in order to discharge its load; but it is overwelted when entirely overturned for repairs, or by an act of mischief. |
