the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A kind of mollusk, a whelk.
n. The scoter.
pronoun. Which.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Another form of whelk, properly welk, wilk.
An obsolete or Scotch form of which.
n. The scoter, Œdemia nigra. Montagu. See cut under scoter.
Word Usage
"They made muckle adu wi 'apologies an' explanations, but the prence aye booed an 'booed, an' said sae little, that they thocht him mortal angert, the whilk was a great vex to my leddy, ye may be sure."