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Whelked vs Wheeked - What's the difference?

whelked | wheeked |

As an adjective whelked

is having whelks; whelky.

As a verb wheeked is

past tense of wheek.

whelked

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having whelks; whelky.
  • *''He had a thousand noses, / Horns whelked and waved like the enragèd sea. / It was some fiend.'' , Act IV, Scene 6 (Webster 1913)

    wheeked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wheek)

  • wheek

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by a guinea pig.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a guinea pig) to make such a sound.