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wetting | wetting agent | wettish | wevil | wex | wey | weyle | weyleway | weymouth pine | weyve | wezand

wey

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

weyn. 
     Way; road; path.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
weyv. t. & i. 
     To weigh.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
weyn. [OE. weye, AS. wge weight. . See Weight.].
     A certain measure of weight.  Piers Plowman.  [1913 Webster]
    " A wey is 6"  Simmonds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wey, n. a former unit of weight or volume varying with different kinds of goods, e.g. 3 cwt. of cheese.

Etymology
OE w{aelig}g(e) balance, weight f. Gmc, rel. to WEIGH(1)

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