the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having whelks; whelky.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Formed like a whelk; hence, marked or covered with ridges like those of a whelk.
Word Usage
"Some monstrous creature at the top of the cliff, a creature whose eyes are 'two full moons' and whose face possesses 'a thousand noses,/Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea, 'has encouraged Gloucester to jump."