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Webster 1913 Edition

Welk

Welk

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Welked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Welking
.]
[OE.
welken
; cf. D. & G.
welken
to wither, G.
welk
withered, OHG.
welc
moist. See
Welkin
, and cf.
Wilt
.]
To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane.
[Obs.]
When ruddy Ph[GREEK]bus ’gins to
welk
in west.
Spenser.
The church, that before by insensible degrees
welked
and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying.
Milton.

Welk

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to wither; to wilt.
[Obs.]
Mot thy
welked
neck be to-broke [broken].
Chaucer.
2.
To contract; to shorten.
[Obs.]
Now sad winter
welked
hath the day.
Spenser.
3.
To soak; also, to beat severely.
[Prov. Eng.]

Welk

,
Noun.
A pustule. See 2d
Whelk
.

Welk

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A whelk.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Welk

WELK

,
Verb.
I.
[G., to wither, to fade, to decay; primarily to shrink or contract, as things in drying, whence the Saxon weole, a whilk or whelk, a shell; from its wrinkles.] To decline; to fade; to decay; to fall.
When ruddy Phoebus gins to welk in west.

WELK

,
Verb.
T.
To contract; to shorten.
Now sad winter welked hath the day-- [This word is obsolete. But its signification has heretofore been misunderstood.]

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