3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wey  \Wey\,  n. 
  Way  road;  path.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wey  \Wey\,  v.  t.  &  i. 
  To  weigh.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wey  \Wey\,  n.  [OE.  weye,  AS  w?ge  weight.  ????.  See  {Weight}.] 
  A  certain  measure  of  weight.  [Eng.]  ``A  weye  of  Essex 
  cheese.''  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  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. 

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