a. Also 8 weavely, 9 weevilly. [f. WEEVIL + -Y1.] Infested with weevils.
1757. W. Thompson, R. N. Advoc., 21. Rotten, musty, weavely Flour.
1803. Nelson, in Nicolas, Disp. (1845), V. 280. I sincerely hope no weevily bread will be sent.
1859. Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 365. Men who are sometimes brought to live when on shipboard upon weevily biscuit that breaks the teeth.
1889. Mrs. C. Praed, Romance of Station, 45. I threw out [to the hens] a handful of weevily rice.
1891. C. Roberts, Adrift Amer., 6. Some old salt who has forgotten the tough salt horse and weevilly biscuit.
