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whilk

/ hwɪlk /

pronoun

  1. an archaic and dialect word for which
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

In another letter, Knox put on his preacher robes, telling her to “call first for grace by Jesus to follow that whilk”—meaning “which”—“is acceptabill in his sight, and theairefter communicat” with her husband.

Whilk and Misky The London duo mixes electronica with folk influences.

And when I made him taste a whilk, and try a periwinkle, His last objections vanished—so she's soon to be my bride!

Now heraldry's a science that I haven't studied much in, But I mean to ask the College—if it's not against their rules— That three periwinkles proper may be quartered on our 'scutcheon, With a whilk regardant, rampant, on an oyster-knife, all gules!

Whilk, hwilk, pron. an obsolete form of which.

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