Whelky

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances.
  • adj. streaked; striated
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.
  • adj. Shelly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Abounding in whelks, pustules, or blisters.
  • Formed like a whelk; hence, knobby; rounded.
  • Word Usage
    "Pluck, unmoved in humor by the coolness of the drench, stood sunk to his chin in the snow, and laughed as heartily as any of them, his shining bald pate and whelky red face streaming with moisture and shaking with merriment."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    striated    Shelly