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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English hwelca.
whelke (plural whelkes)
- A papule; a pustule; acne.
- Chaucer
- Ne oynement that wolde clense and byte, / That hym myghte helpen of his whelkes white.
Etymology 2[edit]
whelke
- Alternative form of welk
