Defn: A pustule. See 2d Whelk.
WELK
Welk, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A whelk. [R.]
WELKED
Welked, v. t.
Defn: See Whelked.
WELKIN Wel"kin, n. Etym: [OE. welken, welkene, welkne, wolcne, weolcne, AS. wolcen, pl. wolcnu, a cloud; akin to D. wolk, OFries. wolken, OS. wolkan, G. wolke, OHG. wolchan, and probably to G. welk withered, OHG. welc moist, Russ. & OSlav. vlaga moisture, Lith. vilgyti to moisten.]
Defn: The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.
On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. Chaucer.
The fair welkin foully overcast. Spenser.
When storms the welkin rend. Wordsworth.
Note: Used adjectively by Shakespeare in the phase, "Your welkin eye," with uncertain meaning.
WELL Well, n. Etym: [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. Well, v. i.]
1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well. Milton.