ˈroot-walt, v. Now dial.
Forms: 6 rote walt, 6, 9 rootwalt, 9 dial. rootwelt, -wout, -waut, -wart.
[f. root n.1 + walt v.]
trans. To overturn by the roots; to uproot.
| 1532 Whytford Werke for Househ. E, The curse of the parentes dothe eradicate, rotewalt and utterly destroy the possessyars and the kynred of the chylder. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. II. 353 Much hurt was doone by..the rootwalting of trees, as well in woods as orchards. 1828 Carr Craven Gloss., Root-welted, torn up by the roots. 1862– in dial. glossaries (Yks., Lanc., Chesh., Shropsh.). |