Whelp

  • 21whelp — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. puppy, young animal, youngster, pup; see boy , youth 3 …

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  • 22whelp — sb. Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hwelp …

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  • 23whelp — hwelp /w n. young offspring of some mammals (i.e. dogs, bears, lion, etc.); ill mannered child v. give birth to whelps, bring forth (offensive when said of a woman) …

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  • 24whelp — noun chiefly archaic 1》 a puppy.     ↘a cub. 2》 derogatory a boy or young man. 3》 (whelps) a set of projections on the barrel of a capstan or windlass. verb give birth to (a puppy). Origin OE hwelp (n.), of Gmc origin …

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  • 25whelp — n. 1. Cub, young beast. 2. Puppy, pup, young dog. 3. Youth, young man (jocosely or in contempt) …

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  • 26whelp — 1 noun (C) a young animal, especially a dog or lion 2 verb (I) old fashioned if a dog or lion whelps, it gives birth …

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  • 27whelp — /wɛlp / (say welp) noun 1. the young of the dog, or of the wolf, bear, lion, tiger, seal, etc. 2. (derogatory) a youth. 3. Machinery a. any of a series of longitudinal projections or ridges of iron or the like on the barrel of a capstan, windlass …

  • 28Lyon's Whelp — The Lyon s Whelp was the name of a series of ten British naval ships built around 1628, the tenth of which was an important part of the pre Great Migration flow of immigrants into New England.The name is possibly from the biblical quotation from… …

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  • 29bear-whelp — noun The whelp of a bear; bearcub …

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  • 30in whelp — (of a female dog) pregnant …

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