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   Wey (?), n. Way; road; path.  [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Wey, v. t. & i. To weigh.  [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Wey (?), n. [OE. weye, AS. wge weight. .  See Weight.] A certain measure of weight.  [Eng.] “A weye of Essex cheese.”  Piers Plowman.
   
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   ☞ 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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