weel
See also: Weel
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Noun
weel (plural weels)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology 2
Verb
weel
- Eye dialect spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.
Middle English
Adverb
weel
- Alternative form of wel
- He thakked hire aboute the lendes weel (Chaucer)
Adjective
weel
- Alternative form of wel
Scots
Adjective
weel (comparative better, superlative best)
- Well.
Adverb
weel (comparative better, superlative best)
- Well.
- And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
- And fare thee weel a while! - Robert Burns - A Red, Red Rose
Derived terms
- guid an weel (“well and good”)
Interjection
weel
- Well.
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