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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
