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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wey \wey\, n. oe. weye, as. w?ge weight. ????. see weight.
a certain measure of weight. eng. "a weye of essex cheese."
--piers plowman.
1913 webster
note: a wey is 6? tods, or 182 pounds, of wool; a load, or
five quarters, of wheat, 40 bushels of salt, each
weighing 56 pounds; 32 cloves of cheese, each weighing
seven pounds; 48 bushels of oats and barley; and from
two cwt. to three cwt. of butter. --simmonds.
1913 webster
see also:
weight
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wey \wey\, n.
way; road; path. obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wey \wey\, v. t. i.
to weigh. obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
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