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whelp

WHELP, n. [L.]

1. The young of the canine species, and of several other beasts of prey; a puppy; a cub; as a bear robbed of her whelps; lions whelps.

2. A son; in contempt.

3. A young man; in contempt.

WHELP, v.i. To bring forth young, as the female of the canine species and some other beasts of prey.



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WHELP, n. [L.]

1. The young of the canine species, and of several other beasts of prey; a puppy; a cub; as a bear robbed of her whelps; lions whelps.

2. A son; in contempt.

3. A young man; in contempt.

WHELP, v.i. To bring forth young, as the female of the canine species and some other beasts of prey.


WHELP, n. [Dan. hvalp; Sw. valp; D. welp. This word coincides in elements with wolf, L. vulpes.]

  1. The young of the canine species, and of several other beasts of prey a puppy; a cub; as, a bear robbed of her whelps; lion's whelps.
  2. A son; in contempt. – Shak.
  3. A young man; in contempt. – Addison.

WHELP, v.t.

To bring forth young, as the female of the canine species and some other beasts of prey. – Doyle.


Whelp
  1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey] a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

    "A bear robbed of her whelps." 2 Sam. xvii. 8.
  2. To bring forth young] -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
  3. To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

    Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have loved a thing better. B. Jonson.

    Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? Young.

  4. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

    That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. Addison.

  5. One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
  6. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
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Whelp

WHELP, noun [Latin]

1. The young of the canine species, and of several other beasts of prey; a puppy; a cub; as a bear robbed of her whelps; lions whelps.

2. A son; in contempt.

3. A young man; in contempt.

WHELP, verb intransitive To bring forth young, as the female of the canine species and some other beasts of prey.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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DISPOSE, v.t. dispoze. [L.]

1. To set; to place or distribute; to arrange; used with reference to order. The ships were disposed in the form of a crescent. The general disposed his troops in three lines. The trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.

2. To regulate; to adjust; to set in right order. Job 34 and 37.

The knightly forms of combat to dispose.

3. To apply to a particular purpose; to give; to place; to bestow; as, you have disposed much in works of public piety. In this sense, to dispose of is more generally used.

4. To set, place or turn to a particular end or consequence.

Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose to future good our past and present woes.

5. To adapt; to form for any purpose.

Then must thou thee dispose another way.

6. To set the mind in a particular frame; to incline. Avarice disposes men to fraud and oppression.

Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.

He was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts 18. 1 Corinthians 10:27.

To dispose of,

1. To part with; to alienate; as, the man has disposed of his house, and removed.

2. To part with to another; to put into anothers hand or power; to bestow; as, the father has disposed of his daughter to a man of great worth.

3. To give away or transfer by authority.

A rural judge disposed of beautys prize.

4. To direct the course of a thing. Proverbs 16.

5. To place in any condition; as, how will you dispose of your son?

6. To direct what to do or what course to pursue; as, they know not how to dispose of themselves.

7. To use or employ; as, they know not how to dispose of their time.

8. To put away. The stream supplies more water than can be disposed of.

DISPOSE, v.i. To bargain; to make terms.

DISPOSE, n.

1. Disposal; power of disposing; management.

2. Dispensation; act of government.

3. Disposition; cast of behavior.

4. Disposition; cast of mind; inclination.

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