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Whelm: Definition and part of speech

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Whelm

  1. v. t. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
  2. v. t. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
  3. v. t. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Whelp: Definition and part of speech

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Whelp

  1. n. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
  2. n. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion’s whelps.
  3. n. A child; a youth; — jocosely or in contempt.
  4. n. One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; — usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Whelk: Definition and part of speech

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Whelk

  1. n. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
  2. n. Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe.
  3. n. A papule; a pustule; acne.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.