Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whelping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whelping}.]
To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
some beasts of prey.
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