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Weel vs Veel - What's the difference?

weel | veel |

As nouns the difference between weel and veel

is that weel is (obsolete) a whirlpool while veel is or veel can be (nonstandard|british) field.

As a verb veel is

(nonstandard|british) feel.

weel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A whirlpool.
  • A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    veel

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • * c.'' 1450, ''Mirour Saluacioun
    • The ydolatiers of the golden veel .

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard, British) feel
  • * 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
    • To Veel . v. To feel.
    Veel’d. part. Felt.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard, British) field
    • Derived terms
    * veelvare
    Quotations
    * 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century *: But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels ? * 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire *: Veel . s. A field; a corn land unenclosed. ----