Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tumble; dance clumsily.
- To become tangled or matted.
- To tread down in a clumsy manner.
- To tangle; clot; mat, as the hair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To stick together.
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- verb intransitive To
tumble ;dance clumsily. - verb intransitive To become tangled or matted.
- verb transitive To
tread down in a clumsy manner. - verb transitive To
tangle ;clot ;mat (as in the hair).
Etymologies
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From Middle English balteren, of North Germanic origin, related to Danish baltre, boltre ("to roll, tumble, gambol, romp").
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