Wey

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wey \Wey\, n. [OE. weye, AS. w?ge weight. ????. See {Weight}.]
     A certain measure of weight. [Eng.] "A weye of Essex cheese."
     --Piers Plowman.
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     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wey \Wey\, n.
     Way; road; path. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wey \Wey\, v. t. & i.
     To weigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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