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Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wiːl/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wil/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/En-us-weel.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-us-weel.ogg" title="File:En-us-weel.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophones</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weal#English" title="weal">weal</a></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/we%27ll#English" title="we'll">we'll</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English#Weak_and_strong_forms_of_function_words" class="extiw" title="w:Stress and vowel reduction in English">stressed form</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wheel#English" title="wheel">wheel</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wheal#English" title="wheal">wheal</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wine%E2%80%93whine_merger" class="extiw" title="w:wine–whine merger"><i>wine</i>–<i>whine</i> merger</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/i%CB%90l" title="Rhymes:English/iːl"><span class="IPA">-iːl</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wele#Middle_English" title="wele">wele</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=wyle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wyle (page does not exist)">wyle</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/welle#Middle_English" title="welle">welle</a></i>, likely a fusion of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A9l#Old_Norse" title="vél">vél</a></i> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">"device"; compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A9l#Icelandic" title="vél">vél</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a contrivance to catch fish</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=welwe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="welwe (page does not exist)">welwe</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wilwe#Middle_English" title="wilwe">wilwe</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a weir, trap, or other device made of willow branches</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/wilige#Old_English" title="wilige">wilige</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/wylige#Old_English" title="wylige">wylige</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">basket</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, related to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/welig#Old_English" title="welig">welig</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">willow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weal#English" title="weal">weal</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">weel</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weels#English" title="weels">weels</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/trap" title="trap">trap</a> for catching <a href="/wiki/fish" title="fish">fish</a>; a <a href="/wiki/weely" title="weely">weely</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weely#English" title="weely">weely</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wel#Middle_English" title="wel">wel</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">weel</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wele#Middle_English" title="wele">wele</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/w%C3%A6l#Middle_English" title="wæl">wæl</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/w%C3%A6l#Old_English" title="wæl">wǣl</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">weel, a deep pool, gulf, deep water of a stream or of the sea</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" class="extiw" title="w:Scots language">Scots</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/weil#Scots" title="weil">weil</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Scots">weel</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">pool, eddy, whirlpool</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/wel#Middle_Low_German" title="wel">wêl</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a pool</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/w/index.php?title=welen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="welen (page does not exist)">wêlen</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to swirl, whirl</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weil#English" title="weil">weil</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wiel#English" title="wiel">wiel</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wale#English" title="wale">wale</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wheel#English" title="wheel">wheel</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Lancashire dialect">Lancashire</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">weel</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/weels#English" title="weels">weels</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/whirlpool" title="whirlpool">whirlpool</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">weel</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/pronunciation_spelling" title="pronunciation spelling">Pronunciation spelling</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/will#English" title="will">will</a></i></span></span><span class="use-with-mention">, representing Latino-accented English</span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Weel">weel</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">weel</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wel#Middle_English" title="wel">wel</a></i></span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1387–1400</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer" class="extiw" title="w:Geoffrey Chaucer">Geoffrey Chaucer</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miller%27s_Tale" class="extiw" title="w:The Miller's Tale">The Myllers Tale</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales" class="extiw" title="w:The Canterbury Tales">The Canterbury Tales</a></cite>, [Westminster: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton" class="extiw" title="w:William Caxton">William Caxton</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1478]</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/230972125">→OCLC</a></small>; republished in [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thynne" class="extiw" title="w:William Thynne">William Thynne</a>], editor, <cite>The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="wyth Dyuers Workes whych were Neuer in Print before: As in the Table More Playnly doth Appere">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>London<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grafton" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Grafton">Richard Grafton</a> for] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reynes" class="extiw" title="w:John Reynes">Iohn Reynes</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="dwellynge at the sygne of saynte George in Pauls Church-yarde">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <span class="None" lang="und">1542</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/932884868">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="enm">He thakked hire aboute the lendes <b>weel</b></span><dl><dd><small>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</small></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">weel</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/wel#Middle_English" title="wel">wel</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">weel</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/better#Scots" title="better">better</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/best#Scots" title="best">best</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/well" title="well">Well</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb_2">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">weel</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/better#Scots" title="better">better</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/best#Scots" title="best">best</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/well" title="well">Well</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1794</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Burns">Robert Burns</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Red,_Red_Rose" class="extiw" title="w:A Red, Red Rose">A Red, Red Rose</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="sco">And fare thee <strong class="selflink">weel</strong>, my only Luve<br />And fare thee <strong class="selflink">weel</strong> a while!</span><dl><dd><small>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</small></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/guid_an_weel#Scots" title="guid an weel">guid an weel</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">well and good</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel-kent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="weel-kent (page does not exist)">weel-kent</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">well-known</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">weel</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/well" title="well">Well</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Yola">Yola</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Yola"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Yola phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wiːɫ/</span></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophones</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="yol"><a href="/wiki/wheel#Yola" title="wheel">wheel</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="yol"><a href="/wiki/while#Yola" title="while">while</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_2">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=weel&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="yol">weel</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="yol"><a href="/wiki/woul#Yola" title="woul">woul</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading 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Russell Smith, published <span class="None" lang="und">1867</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KBEHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77">page <span class="None" lang="und">77</span></a></span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=weel&oldid=81565561">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=weel&oldid=81565561</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_1-syllable_words" title="Category:English 1-syllable words">English 1-syllable words</a></li><li><a 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