whelky

From whelk +‎ -y.

whelky (comparative more whelky, superlative most whelky)

1. Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances.

   Synonyms: streaked, striated

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     whelky pearles

2. Resembling a whelk (the sea snail)

• “whelky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.