WELK

Welk (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Welked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Welking.] [[OE. welken; cf. D. & G. welken to wither, G. welk withered, OHG. welc moist. See Welkin, and cf. Wilt.]] To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane. When ruddy Ph�bus 'gins to welk in west. Spenser. The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying. Milton.