noun
Meaning 1
A trap for catching fish; a weely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
weel
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /wiːl/
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General-American: /wil/
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homophone: weal
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homophone: we'll (stressed form)
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homophone: wheel
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homophone: wheal (wine–whine merger)
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rhymes with -iːl
noun
Meaning 2
An arrangement of hairs that keeps insects out of flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A whirlpool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 4
Pronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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History
Etymology
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 wilige, wylige (“basket”), related to Old English welig (“willow”).
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”).