wey
see also: Wey
Pronunciation Noun
Wey
Proper noun
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see also: Wey
Pronunciation Noun
wey (plural weys)
- (uncommon, archaic) An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.
- c. 1376, William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman, Version B, Passus 5, Line 91:
- Than though I hadde this wouke ywonne a weye of Essex cheese.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 208:
- Cheese and salt are purchased by the wey of two hundredweight, or by the stone of fourteen pounds.
- c. 1376, William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman, Version B, Passus 5, Line 91:
Wey
Proper noun
- A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.
- (historical) Alternative form of Wei, an ancient Chinese duchy.
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