Wee'vil, n.

noun

(wē'vl), n. [A-S. wifel, wibil, L. Ger. & O. D. wevel, O. H. Ger. wibil, wibel, Prov. Ger. wiebel, wibel, wibbel, Lith. wabalas, allied to A-S. wefan, O. H. Ger. weban, to weave.] (Entom.) A small insect of the beetle tribe, with a long, beaked head. See CURCULIO.