Weel, wēl, n. a whirlpool. [A.S. wǽl.]
Weel, wēl, n. (prov.) a trap or snare for fish: (her.) a bearing resembling such.
Weel, wēl, adv. (Scot.) well.
Weem, wēm, n. (Scot.) a subterranean dwelling.
Ween, wēn, v.i. to think or fancy. [A.S. wénan—wén (Ger. wahn), expectation, hope.]
Weep, wēp, v.i. to express grief by shedding tears: to wail or lament: to drip, rain: to be pendent, as a weeping willow.—v.t. to lament: to pour forth:—pa.t. and pa.p. wept.—n. Weep′er, one who weeps: a white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress: a crape hat-band: a widow's crape-veil: anything pendent.—adj. Weep′ing, drooping the branches (as it were through grief).—ns. Weep′ing-ash, a variety of the common European ash, with drooping branches; Weep′ing-birch, a variety of the white birch, with drooping branches.—adv. Weep′ingly.—adj. Weep′ing-ripe (Shak.), ripe or ready for tears.—ns. Weep′ing-rock, a rock through which water percolates slowly; Weep′ing-spring, a spring from which water escapes slowly; Weep′ing-tree, a tree with long pendulous branches; Weep′ing-will′ow (see Willow).—adj. Weep′y, oozy. [A.S. wépan—wóp, clamour; allied to Goth. wópjan.]
Weet, Weet′ing, Weet′ingly, Weet′less, obsolete form of wit, &c.
Weet, dialectal form of wet.
Weever, wē′vėr, n. a genus of fishes (Trachinus) of which two species are British, with sharp dorsal and opercular spines capable of inflicting serious wounds.—Also Sting-fish. [Perh. conn. with L. vipera.]
Weevil, wēv′il, n. a popular name for a large number of beetles, with the anterior part of the head prolonged into a beak or proboscis, feeding upon plants: any insect injurious to stored grain.—adjs. Weev′iled, Weev′illed, Weev′ily, Weev′illy, infested by weevils. [A.S. wifel; Ger. wiebel.]