Whelp

·noun One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

II. Whelp ·noun A child; a youth;

— jocosely or in contempt.

III. Whelp ·vt To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

IV. Whelp ·vi To bring forth young;

— said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

V. Whelp ·noun One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

VI. Whelp ·noun 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.