whilk

Whilk, n. Etym: [See Whelk a mollusk.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: The scoter. [Prov. Eng.] Whilk, pron. Defn: Which. [Obs. or Scot.] Note: Whilk is sometimes used in Chaucer to represent the Northern dialect.

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