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whelp : 英英辞書
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.



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