WEEL

Etymology 1

Noun

weel (plural weels)

(obsolete) A whirlpool.

A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.

Etymology 2

Verb

weel

Eye dialect spelling of will.

Source: Wiktionary


Weel, a. & adv.

Definition: Well. [Obs. or Scot.]

Weel, n. Etym: [AS. wƦl. *147.]

Definition: A whirlpool. [Obs.]

Weel, Weel"y,Etym: [Prov. E. weel, weal, a wicker basket to catch eels; prob. akin to willow, and so called as made of willow twigs.]

Definition: A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs. [Obs.] Carew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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