Whelp vs. Welt: Know the Difference

A young offspring of a carnivorous mammal, especially a dog or wolf.

A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.

A child; a youth.

A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming.

An impudent boy or young man.

A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.

A tooth of a sprocket wheel.

A lash or blow producing such a mark.

(Nautical) Any of the ridges on the barrel of a windlass or capstan.

To reinforce or trim with a welt.

To give birth to whelps or a whelp.

To beat severely; flog.

To give birth to (whelps or a whelp).

To raise welts or a welt on.

A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

To roll; revolve

(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.

To cause to have welts; to beat.

(obsolete) A kind of ship.

To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.

A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.

A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.

To give birth.

A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.

Alternative form of welp

In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.

One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.

A child; a youth; - jocosely or in contempt.

In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.

One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; - usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.

(heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

A feature resembling a welt.

To bring forth young; - said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to raise welts on the back with a whip.

Birth;

A blow that produces a welt{3}.

To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

To wilt.

A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

A raised or strengthened seam

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

Put a welt on;