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weely

/ˈwiːli/

weely noun: a kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.

Noun

weely (plural weelies)

  1. A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
    • They are taken generally, by a little Sayne net: specially the Eeles in weelies1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC

Forms of weely

pluralweelies

Origin of weely

From weel + -y. Alternatively, a continuation of Middle English wili, whily, from Old English wylie, a variant of wyliġe, wiliġe (“basket”).

Questions about weely

What does weely mean?
Weely means a kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
What part of speech is weely?
Weely is a noun.
How do you pronounce weely?
Weely is pronounced /ˈwiːli/.
What is the plural of weely?
The plural of weely is weelies.

Words near weely in the dictionary

  1. Weeley
  2. weelies
  3. weelo
  4. weelos
  5. weels
  6. weely
  7. weem
  8. Weemelah
  9. Weems
  10. Weemses
  11. ween

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