walee, waalee, wallee noun a water-logged place in a bog from which a spring rises; a bog: It wis a very deep and dangerous bog. It wis a great muckle walee and it wis aa fenced aff in case sheep and cattle wid sink intae it and droon;... 20-. etymology: a development from Scots wall ‘a natural spring of water which forms a pool or stream’; all forms attested by SR; form wallee collected by JS |