Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
well . - noun A whirlpool.
- noun A kind of trap or snare for fish.
- noun In heraldry, a bearing representing a kind of eel-pot or fish-pot, composed of strips or slats with open spaces between. Sometimes the number of these slats is mentioned in the blazon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Obs. or Scot. Well.
- noun obsolete A whirlpool.
- obsolete A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
whirlpool .
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Examples
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_ '' _Weel, weel_, 'this excellent woman exclaimed, as she turned to her friend beside her,' _weel, weel, if there's one text in a 'the Buik waur than anither, yon man is sure to tak' it! _ '
A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Frank Boreham 1915
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If aw understand it reight, iverybody's to be eddicated to sich a pitch, wol they'll be able to tak a sitiwation awther as a clark at a bank or a clark at a chapel, an 'yo know as weel as aw do' at ther's some fowk yo connot eddicate.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Aw know as weel as can be, for he allus taks some wrang-heeaded noation when he's baan to get a bellyful o 'ale.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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It seems old Sucksmith had been drinkin tother day, an 'he must ha getten moor nor he could carry, an' tha knows as weel as me 'at he can sup moor nor what ud mak some fowk druffen, an' walk as steady as if he'd swallow'd a church, steeple an 'all; an' he ligg'd him daan o 'some sheets o' wool 'at wor bi th' rooad side, an 'as Musty wor goain past he saw him, an' soa he thowt he'd have
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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On the other hand he writes 'weel' for 'well,' because that word is complete in its change, and may be very closely expressed by the double _e_.
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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On the other hand he writes "weel" for "well," because that word is complete in its change, and may be very closely expressed by the double _e_.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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Page 407 -- Changed "weel" to "well" in -- "You may as well sit down and tell us."
Daisy Susan Warner 1852
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I min 'weel' at he said the only thing 'at made agen the viouw I tiuk -- though I spakna o' the partic'lar occasion -- was, 'at naebody ever h'ard tell o' the ghaist o 'an alderman, wha they say's some grit Lon'on man, sair gien to the fillin' o 'the seck. "
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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“You weel come parrty weeth us, you are the preencess.”
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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They could do this story weel, as far as the Cir El and Conner goes, they could substitute other Characters or ignore that part of the story
ambyellen commented on the word weel
basket for catching fish
May 30, 2009