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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.

epresent; to resemble. Each skillful artist shall express thy form. E. Smith. So kids and whelps their sires and dams express. Dryden.

The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.

To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - - said of a cable or hawser.

ge; to feed on spoil. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak. Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. -- Foraging ca…

A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.

The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.

hey were littered so with us. Sir T. Browne. The son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp hagborn. Shak.

To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.

a. & n. from Wean, v. The weaning of the whelp is the great test of the skill of the kennel man. J. H. Walsh. Weaning brash. (Med.) See under Brash.

The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit. [Prov. Eng.]