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whelp

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whelp  \Whelp\,  n.  [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.  (Naut.)  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whelp  \Whelp\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Whelped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Whelping}.] 
  To  bring  forth  young;  --  said  of  the  female  of  the  dog  and 
  some  beasts  of  prey. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whelp  \Whelp\,  v.  t. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whelp 
  n  :  young  of  any  of  various  canines  such  as  a  dog  or  wolf  [syn: 
  {pup}] 
  v  :  birthe;  of  dogs  [syn:  {pup}]




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