wheltanschauung.htmrom ) - n.
any predatory marine gastropod mollusc of the family Buccinidae, esp. the edible kind of the genus Baccinum, having a spiral shell. [OE wioloc, weoloc, of unkn. orig.: perh. infl. by WHELK(2)]

wheltanschauung.htmrom ) - n.
a pimple. [OE hwylca f. hwelian suppurate]

wheltanschauung.htmrom ) - v.tr.
poet.
1 engulf, submerge.
2 crush with weight, overwhelm. [OE hwelman (unrecorded) = hwylfan overturn]

wheltanschauung.htmrom ) - n. & v.
--n.

1 a young dog; a puppy.
2 archaic a cub.
3 an ill-mannered child or youth.
4 (esp. in pl.) a projection on the barrel of a capstan or windlass.

--v.

tr. (also absol.)
1 bring forth (a whelp or whelps).
2 derog. (of a human mother) give birth to.
3 originate (an evil scheme etc.). [OE hwelp]

wheltanschauung.htmrom ) - See: BIG CHEESE or BIG WHEEL, GREASE THE WHEELS, PUT ONE'S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL.

wheltanschauung.htmrom ) - {n. phr.}, {slang} A person with power and control. * /The biggest wheeler-dealer in the state has many friends in high places in business and government and is a rich man himself./