weely

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːli/

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• Homophones: wheelie, wheely (in some accents)

weely (plural weelies)

1. A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     They are taken generally, by a little Sayne net: specially the Eeles in weelies

• “weely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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