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welked

welked is the simple past and past participle of welk.

Meaning of welk

Verb

welk (third-person singular simple present welks, present participle welking, simple past and past participle welked)

  1. (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
  2. (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
    • As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weſt, [...]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23, page 9
  3. (dialectal) to soak, steep.
  4. (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
  5. To contract; to shorten.
    • But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 44, verso
  6. (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.

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Questions about welked

What is welked the simple past and past participle of?
Welked is the simple past and past participle of welk.

Words near welked in the dictionary

  1. Welham
  2. Welham Green
  3. welinite
  4. welk
  5. Welke
  6. welked
  7. Welker
  8. Welkers
  9. Welkes
  10. welkin
  11. welking

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