Category:Whelp

Whelp, n. Etym: [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 Samuel 17:8.

2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt. That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. Addison.

3. (naut.)

Defn: 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 Whelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.]

Defn: to bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

Whelp Whelp, v. t.

Defn: 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.