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whelp
(mass) | whelp
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whelp
(encz) | whelp,mládě n: Zdeněk Brož |
whelp
(encz) | whelp,štěně n: Zdeněk Brož |
Whelp
(gcide) | Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
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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 Sam. xvii. 8.
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2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
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That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
made his entrance. --Addison.
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3. (Naut.) 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.
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4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
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Whelp
(gcide) | Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whelping.]
To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
some beasts of prey.
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Whelp
(gcide) | Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
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Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
loved a thing better. --B. Jonson.
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Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.
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whelp
(wn) | whelp
n 1: young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf [syn:
pup, whelp]
v 1: birth; "the dog whelped" [syn: whelp, pup] |
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whelped
(encz) | whelped, adj: |
Whelp
(gcide) | Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
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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 Sam. xvii. 8.
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2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
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That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
made his entrance. --Addison.
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3. (Naut.) 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.
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4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
[1913 Webster]Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whelping.]
To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
some beasts of prey.
[1913 Webster]Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
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Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
loved a thing better. --B. Jonson.
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Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.
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Whelped
(gcide) | Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whelping.]
To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
some beasts of prey.
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Whelping
(gcide) | Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whelping.]
To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
some beasts of prey.
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WHELPS
(bouvier) | WHELPS. The young of certain animals of a base nature, or ferae naturae.
2. It is a rule that when no larceny can be committed of any creatures
of a base nature, which are ferae naturae, though tame and reclaimed, it
cannot be committed of the young of such creatures in the nest, kennel, or
den. 3 Inst. 109; 1 Russ. on Cr. 153.
3. The owner of the land is, however, considered to have a qualified
property in such animals, ratione impotentia. 2 Bl. Com. 394.
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