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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whelm  \Whelm\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Whelmed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Whelming}.]  [OE.  whelmen  to  turn  over  akin  to  OE  whelven 
  AS  whelfan  hwylfan  in  ?whylfan,  ?whelfan,  to  overwhelm, 
  cover  over  akin  to  OS  bihwelbian  D.  welven  to  arch,  G. 
  w["o]lben,  OHG.  welben  Icel.  hvelfa  to  overturn;  cf  Gr  ? 
  bosom,  a  hollow,  a  gulf.] 
  1.  To  cover  with  water  or  other  fluid;  to  cover  by  immersion 
  in  something  that  envelops  on  all  sides;  to  overwhelm;  to 
  ingulf. 
 
  She  is  my  prize,  or  ocean  whelm  them  all!  --Shak. 
 
  The  whelming  billow  and  the  faithless  oar.  --Gay. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  cover  completely,  as  if  with  water;  to  immerse; 
  to  overcome;  as  to  whelm  one  in  sorrows.  ``The  whelming 
  weight  of  crime.''  --J.  H.  Newman. 
 
  3.  To  throw  something  over  a  thing  so  as  to  cover  it 
  [Obs.]  --Mortimer. 




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