Protuberant; rounded.--Todd. Still heard sometimes in New England.
Ne ought the whelky pearls esteemeth he,
Which are from Indian seas brought far away.--Spenser, Virg. Gnat.
Pluck, unchilled by the coolness of the drench, stood, sunk to his chin in the snow, his shining bald pate and whelky red face streaming with moisture.--Margaret, p. 167.