WELKv.i.
[G., to wither, to fade, to decay; primarily to shrink or contract, as things in drying, whence the Saxon weole, a whilk or whelk, a shell; from its wrinkles.] To decline; to fade; to decay; to fall.
When ruddy Phoebus gins to welk in west.
WELKv.t.
To contract; to shorten.
Now sad winter welked hath the day-- [This word is obsolete. But its signification has heretofore been misunderstood.]