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Whelp

Whelp (whelp)
n.(?)
Whelp
[AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. *** OHG. welf, Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]

  1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey] a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
    "A bear robbed of her whelps." 2 Sam. xvii. 8.
  2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

    That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. Addison.

  3. 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.
  4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

Whelp

Whelp (whelp)
v. i.
Whelp
  1. To bring forth young] -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

Whelp

Whelp (whelp)
v. t.
Whelp
  1. To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

    Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have loved a thing better. B. Jonson.

    Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? Young.













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