Weel
[wi:l]
Definition
(a. & adv.) Well.
(n.) A whirlpool.
(-) Alt. of Weely
Checker: Shelia
Definition
adv. (Scot.) well.
n. (prov.) a trap or snare for fish: (her.) a bearing resembling such.
n. a whirlpool.
Checker: Noelle
Examples
- I know weel that if I was a lyin parisht i' th' road, yo'd feel it right to pass me by, as a forrenner and stranger. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I know weel that yo aw resolve to ha nommore ado wi' a man who is not wi' yo in this matther. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And mind ye recommend weel that them 'at brake t' bits o' frames, and teed Joe Scott's legs wi' band, suld be hung without benefit o' clergy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I wish William could get a job as gardener or summat i' that way; he understands gardening weel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ye know t' difference weel enow, but ye want me to get a gate o' talking. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sir, yo know weel,' said Stephen expressively, 'that if I canna get work wi' yo, I canna get it elsewheer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Tis as weel so—better, I were thinkin when yo coom up wi' me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I know weel, aw what's afore me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I mught as weel tell him that at t' same time. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He knew, he said, where some folk war bound for, just as weel as if an angel wi' great white wings had come in ower t' door-stone and told him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Among civilians I am what they call in Scotland a ne'er-do-weel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Weel, ma'am,' said Stephen, making the best of it, with a smile; 'when I ha finished off, I mun quit this part, and try another. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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