1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The scoter. [Prov. Eng.]
WHILK
Whilk, pron.
Defn: Which. [Obs. or Scot.]
Note: Whilk is sometimes used in Chaucer to represent the Northern dialect.
WHILOM Whi"lom, adv. Etym: [AS. hwilum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hwil; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hwilm, See While, n.]
Defn: Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic]
Spenser.
Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte
Theseus. Chaucer.
WHILST
Whilst, adv. Etym: [From Whiles; cf. Amongst.]