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weel.

A trap for catching fish; a weely.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/wiːl/Received-Pronunciation/wil/General-American
  1. A trap for catching fish; a weely.

  2. An arrangement of hairs that keeps insects out of flowers.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wele, wyle, welle, likely a fusion of Old Norse vél ("device"; compare Icelandic vél (“a contrivance to catch fish”)) and Middle English welwe, wilwe (“a weir, trap, or other device made of willow branches”), from Old English wiliġe, wyliġe (“basket”), related to Old English weliġ (“willow”).

noun/wiːl/Received-Pronunciation/wil/General-American
  1. A whirlpool.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wel, weel, wele, wæl, from Old English wǣl (“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”). Cognate with Scots weil, weel (“pool, eddy, whirlpool”), Middle Low German wêl (“a pool”), Middle Low German wêlen (“to swirl, whirl”).

verb/wiːl/Received-Pronunciation/wil/General-American
  1. Pronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.

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