whelk¹ /(h)welk/

A popular name for a number of marine gastropods, esp applied to species of the genus Buccinum common on the coasts of northern seas

whelked adjective

Ridged like a whelk

whelkˈy adjective

1. Knobby, rounded
2. Formed in a shell (Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, 105)

whelk² /(h)welk/

1. A pimple
2. By confusion with wale¹, the mark of a stripe on the body, a wrinkle, an inequality or protuberance

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