{ Weel (?), Weel"y (?), }[Prov. E. weel, weal, a wicker basket to catch
eels; prob. akin to willow, and so called as made of willow twigs.] A
kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs. [Obs.] Carew.
Ween (?), v. i. [OE. wenen, AS. w&?;nan, fr. w&?;n hope, expectation,
opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w&?;n, OS. & OHG. wn, G. wahn
delusion, Icel. vn hope, expectation, Goth. w&?;ns, and D. wanen to
fancy, G. wähnen, Icel. vna to hope, Goth. w&?;njan, and perhaps to E.
winsome, wish.] To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic]
Spenser. Milton.