noun
Origin: ME welke < OE wioluc < IE base *wel-, to turn (with reference to the spiral shell) > walk
See whelk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English welke, whelke
Origin: , from Old English weoloc; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots
.noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English whelke
Origin: , from Old English hwylca
Origin: ; akin to hwelian, to suppurate
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