Definition of "whelky" []

• Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances. (adjective)
• Streaked; striated (adjective)

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• "Pluck, unmoved in humor by the coolness of the drench, stood sunk to his chin in the snow, and laughed as heartily as any of them, his shining bald pate and whelky red face streaming with moisture and shaking with merriment."