balterv.

Forms: Also 1600s baulter, 1700s–1800s dialect bauter.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: probably < Old Norse; compare Danish baltre , boltre to wallow, welter, tumble. See also boulter n. The connection between senses 1, 2 and the others is not clear, but it may be either through the notion of tumbling (the hair), or of weltering.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbalter.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

†1. intransitive. To tumble about, to dance clumsily. (Isolated later example of baltering.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)]

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boilc1300

balterc1400

worka1535

turmoil1547

jumble1568

swash1583

commotion1599

stimmer1616

belk1648

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 459 Blyþe of his wodbynde he balteres þer vnde[r].

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 103 Þay ben boþe blynde & balterande cruppelez.

c1440 Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 66 He [the bear] baltyrde, he bleryde, He braundyschte thereafter.

1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 301 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 291 Sum trottit..Sum balterit.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The baltering torrent Shrunk to a soodling thread.

2. transitive. (See quot. 1873) dialect.

ΚΠ

1873 Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.) Bauter, to tread in a clownish manner, as an ox does the grass.

3. transitive. To tangle, ‘mat’ (the hair).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > tangle or mat

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1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 216 To baulter one's hair, complicare crines.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Bautered, tangled, unkempt; said of hair.

4. transitive. To clot or clog with anything sticky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > clogged or stuck together with dirt > clog or stick together with dirt [verb (transitive)]

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clag1488

berk1568

balter1601

beclam1674

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxix. ii. 351 Filthy excrements hanging to sheeps tailes..baltered together into round pils or bals. [See balter n.]

5. intransitive (for reflexive). To form tangled knots or clots, to stick together by coagulation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > close texture > [verb (intransitive)] > become matted

balter1601

felter1621

mat1676

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xii. xvii It [a goat's beard] baltereth and cluttereth into knots and balls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	balter
释义	baltern. Etymology: < balter v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbalter. dialect. A clot, a coagulated lump. ΚΠ 1885 N.E.D. at Balter Mod. Northampton dial. Batter is said to be baltered when the flour is not all mixed, but hangs together in small dry lumps which are called balters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). balterv. Forms: Also 1600s baulter, 1700s–1800s dialect bauter. Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: probably < Old Norse; compare Danish baltre , boltre to wallow, welter, tumble. See also boulter n. The connection between senses 1, 2 and the others is not clear, but it may be either through the notion of tumbling (the hair), or of weltering.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbalter. Obsolete exc. dialect. †1. intransitive. To tumble about, to dance clumsily. (Isolated later example of baltering.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] whirlc1290 boilc1300 balterc1400 worka1535 turmoil1547 jumble1568 swash1583 commotion1599 stimmer1616 belk1648 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 459 Blyþe of his wodbynde he balteres þer vnde[r]. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 103 Þay ben boþe blynde & balterande cruppelez. c1440 Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 66 He [the bear] baltyrde, he bleryde, He braundyschte thereafter. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 301 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 291 Sum trottit..Sum balterit. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The baltering torrent Shrunk to a soodling thread. 2. transitive. (See quot. 1873) dialect. ΚΠ 1873 Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.) Bauter, to tread in a clownish manner, as an ox does the grass. 3. transitive. To tangle, ‘mat’ (the hair). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > tangle or mat balter1693 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 216 To baulter one's hair, complicare crines. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Bautered, tangled, unkempt; said of hair. 4. transitive. To clot or clog with anything sticky. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > clogged or stuck together with dirt > clog or stick together with dirt [verb (transitive)] beclogc1340 clag1488 berk1568 balter1601 beclam1674 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxix. ii. 351 Filthy excrements hanging to sheeps tailes..baltered together into round pils or bals. [See balter n.] 5. intransitive (for reflexive). To form tangled knots or clots, to stick together by coagulation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > close texture > [verb (intransitive)] > become matted balter1601 felter1621 mat1676 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xii. xvii It [a goat's beard] baltereth and cluttereth into knots and balls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1885v.c1400
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