See Also: weel(1)(dictionary)
weel(2)(dictionary)
cinder(dictionary)
cinder(dictionary)
cinder cone(encyclopedia)
cinder block(dictionary)

weel(1) (iou) and cinder (iou)


weel(1) (iou)



weel noun1. [wi:l] Scot. & north. Also weal, weil.

A deep pool; a deep place in a river or the sea; a whirlpool, an eddy.

cinder (iou)



cinder noun & verb.
[Old English sinder = Middle Low German sinder, Old High German sintar (German Sinter), Old Norse sindr; with assim. since 16 to unrelated French cendre (Latin cinis, ciner- ashes).]
A. noun.
Slag, scoria. OE.
In pl. The residue of combustion; ashes. LME.
spec. A residual piece of coal, wood, etc., whether cold or not, that has ceased to flame but has still combustible matter in it. M16.
burn to a cinder make inedible or useless by burning.
Comb.: cinder-cone a cone formed round the mouth of a volcano by debris cast up during eruption; cinder path, cinder track a footpath or running-track laid with fine cinders.
b. verb trans. Reduce to cinders. LME.
cindery adjective of the Nature of a cinder; full of cinders: M16.