whelk
21whelk stall — noun A small enterprise which is very simple to run. The Group Executive Committee couldnt run a whelk stall! …
22whelk poison — a toxic substance localized in the salivary gland of the whelk; its principal ingredient is tetramethylammonium hydroxide. See also under poisoning …
23whelk poisoning — poisoning caused by ingestion of whelks that contain whelk poison (q.v.); characterized by intense headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting …
24whelk — noun An edible sea snail. Formally, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera, and much used as food in Europe …
25whelk — (hwelk) any of various large ocean dwelling snails with pointed spiral shells. Some are edible, but others are poisonous; see under poison and poisoning …
26whelk — Synonyms and related words: Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blister, blue point, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, clam, cold sore, coquillage, crab …
27whelk — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A ridge or bump raised on the flesh, as by a lash or blow: wale, weal2, welt, wheal. See MARKS …
28whelk — Edible mollusc …
29whelk — hwelk /w n. edible sea snail; pimple, pustule …
30whelk — whelk1 [wɛlk] noun a predatory marine mollusc with a heavy pointed spiral shell. [Family Buccinidae.] Origin OE wioloc, weoloc, of unknown origin; spelling perh. influenced by whelk2. whelk2 [wɛlk] noun archaic a pimple. Origin OE hwylca, related …
