awalt, adv. Sc.
(ˈɑːwəlt)
Also awald, awelled, awart (awkward).
[Etymol. uncertain. Cf. OE. wæltan to roll, pa. tense in Lindisf. Matt. xxvii. 60 awælte, in Rushw. awælede; but the place of the stress makes the relationship doubtful.]
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| 1799–1863 Trans. Highl. Soc. III. 447 (Jam.) Sheep are most apt to die awald, when it grows warm after a shower. 1854 N. & Q. Ser. i. IX. 209/1 When fat sheep roll over on their backs and cannot get up of themselves they are said to be lying awkward, in some places awalt, and in others awart. 1863 Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 720 Awelled (Dumfriessh.), a sheep..lying helplessly on its back. |