Wee"sel (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Weasel.
Weet (?), a. & n. Wet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Weet, v. i. [imp. Wot (?).] [See Wit to know.] To know; to wit. [Obs.]
Tyndale. Spenser.
Weet"-bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The wryneck; — so called from its cry.
[Prov. Eng.]
Weet"ing*ly, adv. Knowingly. [Obs.] Spenser.
Weet"less, a. Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning. [Obs.] Spenser.
Weet"-weet` (?), n. [So called from its piping cry when disturbed.]
(Zoöl.) (a) The common European sandpiper. (b) The chaffinch. [Prov.
Eng.]
Wee"ver (?), n. [Probably from F. vive, OF. vivre, a kind of fish, L.
vipera viper. Cf. Viper.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of edible
marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family
Trachinidæ. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking
upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp
spines which cause painful wounds.
The two British species are the great, or greater, weever (Trachinus
draco), which becomes a foot long (called also gowdie, sea cat,
stingbull, and weaverfish), and the lesser weever (T. vipera), about
half as large (called also otter pike, and stingfish).
Wee"vil (?), n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin to OD. wevel,
OHG. wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. vabalas
beetle, and E. weave. See Weave.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species
of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and
usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to
cultivated plants. The larvæ of some of the species live in nuts,
fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or
curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut,
and Grain). The larvæ of other species bore under the bark and into the
pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under
Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice,
and Seed.
Wee"viled (?), a. Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain. [Written
also weevilled.]