2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. "The whelming weight of crime." J. H. Newman.
3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] Mortimer.
WHELP Whelp, n. Etym: [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf, Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
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.
2. A child; a youth; — jocosely or in contempt. That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. Addison.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
WHELP
Whelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.]
Defn: To bring forth young; — said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.