On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:34:12 -0600, Tim Wescott
wrote:

The sons of the family mechanic talked about "wallering a hole", in the
sense of "to wear and enlarge in an uncontrolled manner" ("the bolt was
loose and wallered out the hole, now it don't fit"), or (with contempt
for shade-tree mechanics) "to intentionally enlarge a hole in an
uncontrolled manner" ("that deleted just wallered out those holes
instead of using a drill bit of the proper size, now nuthin' fits right").

Has anyone else seen this? I'm curious if it was a family invention or
if it's a word of real usage.
Don't know the exact etymology but I've heard it often enough. I
imagine it comes from "wallow", like wallowing around in a mud hole.
And because mud holes are rarely round they must be "wallered, er,
wallowed, out".
Eric

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