4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Welk  \Welk\,  n. 
  A  pustule.  See  2d  {Whelk}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Welk  \Welk\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  whelk.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Welk  \Welk\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Welked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Welking}.]  [OE.  welken;  cf  D.  &  G.  welken  to  wither,  G. 
  welk  withered,  OHG.  welc  moist.  See  {Welkin},  and  cf 
  {Wilt}.] 
  To  wither;  to  fade;  also  to  decay;  to  decline  to  wane. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  When  ruddy  Ph?bus  'gins  to  welk  in  west.  --Spenser. 
 
  The  church,  that  before  by  insensible  degrees  welked 
  and  impaired,  now  with  large  steps  went  down  hill 
  decaying.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Welk  \Welk\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  cause  to  wither;  to  wilt.  [Obs.] 
 
  Mot  thy  welked  neck  be  to-broke  [broken].  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  contract;  to  shorten.  [Obs.] 
 
  Now  sad  winter  welked  hath  the  day  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  To  soak;  also  to  beat  severely.  [Prov.  Eng.] 

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