Whelk

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whelk \Whelk\ (hw[e^]lk), n. [OE. welk, wilk, AS. weoloc, weloc,
     wiloc. Cf. {Whilk}, and {Wilk}.] (Zool.)
     Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging
     to {Buccinum} and allied genera; especially, {Buccinum
     undatum}, common on the coasts both of Europe and North
     America, and much used as food in Europe.


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     {Whelk tingle}, a dog whelk. See under {Dog}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whelk \Whelk\, n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See {Wheal} a
     pustule.]
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     1. A papule; a pustule; acne. "His whelks white." --Chaucer.
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     2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.
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     {Chin whelk} (Med.), sycosis.
  
     {Rosy whelk} (Med.), grog blossom.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whelk
       n 1: large marine snail much used as food in Europe
       2: large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and
          intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
       v : gather whelk

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "whelk":
     Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain,
     bleb, blister, blue point, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, canker,
     canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, clam,
     cold sore, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, eschar,
     felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, furuncle,
     furunculus, gathering, gumboil, hemorrhoids, kibe, langouste,
     lesion, limpet, littleneck clam, lobster, mussel, oyster, papula,
     papule, paronychia, parulis, periwinkle, petechia, piles, pimple,
     pock, polyp, prawn, pustule, quahog, rising, scab, scallop,
     shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft chancre, soft-shell crab, sore,
     steamer, stigma, sty, suppuration, swelling, tubercle, ulcer,
     ulceration, wale, weal, welt, wheal, whelp, whitlow, wound