Walm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /wɔːm/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Walm is a verb meaning (obsolete) To roll; to spout; to boil up.
Meaning
(obsolete) To roll; to spout; to boil up.
Example Sentences
The waters boile, and walme to our desire.
It serveth the inhabitants with fresh water walming out of springs, though itself be on all sides circumpassed about with the sea.
[…] a mighty huge hole or gulf all round, in manner of a hollow globe cut through the midst, exceeding deep and horrible to see to, full of much darkness, and the same not quiet and still, but turbulent and oftentimes boiling and walming upward, out of which there might be heard innumerable roarings and groanings of beasts, cries and wrawlings of an infinite number of children, […]
Word Forms
- walms
- walming
- walmed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wallop, waller, vagitate, swattle, roll, wrawl.
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