- Welking
- Welk Welk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Welked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Welking}.] [OE. welken; cf. D. & G. welken to wither, G.
welk withered, OHG. welc moist. See {Welkin}, and cf.
{Wilt}.]
To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
When ruddy Ph?bus 'gins to welk in west. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
