"whelpie" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1802, William Meston, The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston, page 37:",
          "text": "Familiars, brownies, water-kelpies,\nAnd all the other hellish whelpies; […]",
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          "text": "I begged the sailors, at least, not to tease the whelpies any more for that day.",
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          "text": "Not that I mean any disrespect to Almighty God, but just to cheat the whelpies!",
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        "A small whelp, especially a little cub or puppy; a cur."
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