Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Oh well; very well; well then.
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- interjection Scotland Well; well then.
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Examples
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“Aweel, aweel, I wish it may be sae,” said Meiklewham.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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“Aweel, aweel, neighbour,” said Laurence, when the mess was taken away, “if ye have done ony thing to bring yoursell to the withy, or the scourging post, it is your ain wilful deed.”
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"Aweel! aweel!" the man said, in his slow northern fashion.
Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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Aweel, aweel, thats sune settled; well no excise you neither, though we live sae near the Custom-house.
Chapter XLIV 1917
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Weel, aweel, sirs, said Jabos, whose hard-headed and uncultivated shrewdness seemed sometimes to start the game when others beat the bushweel, weel, ye may be a mistaen yetIll never believe that a man would lay a plan to shoot another wi his ain gun.
Chapter XXXII 1917
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Aweel, aweel, Ellangowan, said the lady, raising her voice as the Laird left the room, I wish ye may understand them yoursell, thats á!
Chapter IX 1917
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Aweel, aweel, there s nae help for t, but come up the morn at ony rate.
Chapter XXII 1917
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At length, after a draught of home-brewed ale, he began by observing, Aweel, aweel, that hen, looking upon the lamentable relics of what had been once a large fowl, wasna a bad ane to be bred at a town end, though its no like our barndoor chuckies at Charlies-hopeand I am glad to see that this vexing job hasna taen awa your appetite, Captain.
Chapter XLV 1917
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Aweel, aweel, Jock, answered Mr. Skreigh, with a tone of mild solemnity, our accounts differ in no material particulars; but I had no knowledge that ye had seen the man.
Chapter XI 1917
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Aweel, aweel, she said, when she had concluded her examination, since its een sae, I gie him up, the villainBut oh, we are erring mortals!
Chapter XXXII 1917
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