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Whelked

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• Whelm

  verb (used with object) 1. to submerge; engulf. 2. to overcome utterly; overwhelm: whelmed by misfortune. verb (used without object) 3. to roll or surge over something, as in becoming submerged. verb (transitive) (archaic) 1. to engulf entirely with or as if with water 2. another word for overwhelm

• Whelmed

  verb (used with object) 1. to submerge; engulf. 2. to overcome utterly; overwhelm: whelmed by misfortune. verb (used without object) 3. to roll or surge over something, as in becoming submerged. verb (transitive) (archaic) 1. to engulf entirely with or as if with water 2. another word for overwhelm

• Whelp

  noun 1. the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc. 2. a youth, especially an impudent or despised one. 3. Machinery. any of a series of longitudinal projections or ridges on the barrel of a capstan, windlass, etc. any of the teeth of a sprocket wheel. verb (used with […]

• Whelped

  noun 1. the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc. 2. a youth, especially an impudent or despised one. 3. Machinery. any of a series of longitudinal projections or ridges on the barrel of a capstan, windlass, etc. any of the teeth of a sprocket wheel. verb (used with […]

• Whelping-ice

  noun, Newfoundland. 1. the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.

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