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whelming

verb

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of whelm

  2. Something that covers or submerges.

    • But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, […]

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whelming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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