Whilk (?), n. [See Whelk a mollusk.]
1. Zool. A kind of mollusk, a whelk. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Zool. The scoter. [Prov. Eng.]
© Webster 1913.
Whilk, pron. Which. [Obs. or Scot.]
⇒ Whilk is sometimes used in Chaucer to represent the Northern dialect.
© Webster 1913. |