Category:Whilk

Whilk, n. Etym: [see whelk a mollusk.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: a kind of mollusk, a whelk. [prov. Eng.]

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: the scoter. [prov. Eng.]

Whilk Whilk, pron.

Defn: which. [obs. or scot.]

Note: whilk is sometimes used in chaucer to represent the northern Dialect.