whelk

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

An old name for a pustule, a pimple. The word is not much used in America.


White cohush will bring out the whelk in less than no time; and brook lime will break any fever.--Margaret, p. 375.

We have authority for this word from Shakspeare, Henry V.:

His face is all bobukies and whelks, and knobs, and flames of fire.

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