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whelp

n. நாய்க்குட்டி, சிங்கக்குருளை, கரடிக்குட்டி, விலங்கின் சிறு குருளை, பையல், (வினை.) நாய்க்குட்டி ஈனு, இழி வழக்கில் பிள்ளைபெறு, தீமையான திட்டங்கள் முதலியவற்றின் வகையில் தோற்றுவி.


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, 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. Whelp, v. t. Defn: 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.


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