"whelp" meaning in Middle English

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    {
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "whelpen"
    },
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        "A whelp (as an insulting term)"
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          "name": "Machines",
          "orig": "enm:Machines",
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        "An unknown kind of mechanical machine or system."
      ],
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        "(rare) An unknown kind of mechanical machine or system."
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      "ipa": "/hwɛlp/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɛlp/",
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      "ipa": "/xwɛlp/",
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        "dialectal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quelp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quelpe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "qwelp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "qwelpe"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "welp"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "welpe"
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      "word": "whelpe"
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        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "whellp"
    }
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    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "whelpen"
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A whelp (as an insulting term)"
      ]
    },
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        "An unknown kind of mechanical machine or system."
      ],
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        "(rare) An unknown kind of mechanical machine or system."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/hwɛlp/"
    },
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      "word": "quelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "quelpe"
    },
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      "word": "qwelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "qwelpe"
    },
    {
      "word": "welp"
    },
    {
      "word": "welpe"
    },
    {
      "word": "whelpe"
    },
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      "word": "ȝwelp"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwelp"
    },
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      "word": "hweolp"
    },
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      "word": "whellp"
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  "word": "whelp"
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