'Wey' definitions:
Definition of 'Wey'
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- Wey \Wey\, n. Way; road; path. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wey'
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- Wey \Wey\, v. t. & i. To weigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wey'
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- 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]