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From weel +‎ -y. Alternatively, a continuation of Middle English wili, whily, from Old English wylie, a rare variant of wylige, wilige (basket).

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weely (plural weelies)

  1. A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. [], new edition, London: [] B. Law, []; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      They are taken generally, by a little Sayne net: specially the Eeles in weelies

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