weel

See also: Weel

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /wiːl/
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Etymology 1

Noun

weel (plural weels)

  1. (obsolete) A whirlpool.
  2. A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for weel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 2

Verb

weel

  1. Eye dialect spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.

Middle English

Adverb

weel

  1. Alternative form of wel
    He thakked hire aboute the lendes weel (Chaucer)

Adjective

weel

  1. Alternative form of wel

Scots

Adjective

weel (comparative better, superlative best)

  1. Well.

Adverb

weel (comparative better, superlative best)

  1. Well.
    And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
    And fare thee weel a while! - Robert Burns - A Red, Red Rose

Derived terms

Interjection

weel

  1. Well.
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