Meanings
weel1
plural weels · alternative dialectal weal
- biologyAn arrangement of hairs that keeps insects out of flowers.
weel2
plural weels · alternative dialectal weil · alternative dialectal wiel · alternative dialectal wale · alternative wheel
- dialectalobsoleteA whirlpool.
weel3
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of will, representing Latino-accented English.
Origin
weel · noun
- Old Englishwiliġe
- Middle Englishwelwe
- Old Norsevél
- Middle Englishwele
- Englishweel
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”).
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- Old Englishwǣl“weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea”
- Middle Englishwel
- Englishweel
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”).
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weel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weel
“weel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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