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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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