Definitions from Wiktionary (whelm)
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To ruin or destroy.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
▸ noun: (poetic, also figuratively) A surge of water.
▸ noun: A wooden drainpipe, a hollowed out tree trunk, turned with the cavity downwards to form an arched watercourse.
▸ Also see whelm
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▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To ruin or destroy.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
▸ noun: (poetic, also figuratively) A surge of water.
▸ noun: A wooden drainpipe, a hollowed out tree trunk, turned with the cavity downwards to form an arched watercourse.
▸ Also see whelm
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