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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHELK, n.
1. A wrinkle; inequality on the surface; protuberance; a pustule. [See Welk and Weal.]
2. A shell of the genus Bussinum, or trumpetshell, univalvular, spiral and gibbous, with an oval aperture ending in a short canal or gutter.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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
1: gather whelk

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English welke, from Old English weoloc; akin to Middle Dutch willoc whelk and perhaps to Latin volvere to turn — more at voluble Date: before 12th century any of numerous large marine snails (as of the genus Buccinum); especially one (B. undatum) used as food in Europe II. noun Etymology: Middle English whelke, from Old English hwylca, from hwelian to suppurate Date: before 12th century papule, pustule

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a spiral shell. Etymology: OE wioloc, weoloc, of unkn. orig.: perh. infl. by WHELK(2) 2. n. a pimple. Etymology: OE hwylca f. hwelian suppurate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Whelk Whelk, n. [OE. welk, wilk, AS. weoloc, weloc, wiloc. Cf. Whilk, and Wilk.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Whelk tingle, a dog whelk. See under Dog.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Whelk Whelk, n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See Wheal a pustule.] 1. A papule; a pustule; acne. ``His whelks white.'' --Chaucer. 2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. Chin whelk (Med.), sycosis. Rosy whelk (Med.), grog blossom.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(whelks) A whelk is a creature like a snail that is found in the sea near the shore. Whelks have hard shells, and soft bodies which can be eaten. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Protuberance, pustule. 2. Stripe, streak, mark, wale.

Moby Thesaurus

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