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Definition of Whelps

Whelp
Whelp Whelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.] To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
Whelp
Whelp Whelp, v. t. To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to. Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have loved a thing better. --B. Jonson. Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.

Meaning of Whelps from wikipedia

- Look up whelp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Whelp may refer to: Whelping, the birthing of carnivorous mammals any young, carnivorous mammal; most...
- command, the Lion's Whelps were privateers dedicated to increasing his considerable personal fortune. The fleet of ten Lions Whelps was not taken over...
- A whelping box/den, also known as a nesting box, whelping den or whelping pen, is designed to protect puppies during birth (whelping) and early life by...
- ye o'er frae: came you over from Lunnon: London Geordie Whelps: diminutive of George I. Whelp an ill-bred child. Guelph: a political faction to which...
- Navy has borne the name HMS Whelp, while another was planned. Another twelve have borne the name Lion's Whelp: HMS Whelp was to have been a modified W-class...
- eaten by the normally herbivorous cow. Birth is termed whelping in dogs. Among dogs, as whelping approaches, contractions become more frequent. Labour...
- comprising a smooth wavefront followed by a train of secondary waves known as whelps. Large bores can be particularly unsafe for shipping but also present opportunities...
- and slain what was thought to be the Beast of GĂ©vaudan, its mate, and its whelps between 23 June and 17 October 1765. Antoine, by personal decree of the...
- HMS Whelp was one of eight W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Completed in 1944, the ship spent most of the war...
- is followed by a train of well-defined free-surface undulations (called "whelps"). The surge is then called an undular surge or undular bore. The undulations...