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Wey  n.  A certain measure of weight. (Eng.) "A weye of Essex cheese." Note: A wey is 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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Wey" Quotes from Famous Books



... an holsom mete / furst and eke last,[26] For he will{e} a stomak kepe / & helpe poyson a-wey to cast, also he norisheth{e} a ma to be laske / and evy humer{us} to wast, and w{i}t{h} white bred / he will{e} kepe y ...
— Early English Meals and Manners • Various

... twenty miles, and comprised part of Buckinghamshire, a considerable portion of Surrey, and the whole south-east side of Berkshire, as far as Hungerford. On the Surrey side it included Chobham and Chertsey, and extended along the side of the Wey, which marked its limits as far as Guildford. In the reign of James the First, when it was surveyed by Norden, its circuit was estimated at seventy-seven miles and a half, exclusive of the liberties ...
— Windsor Castle • William Harrison Ainsworth



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