wey Meaning, Definition & Usage

Wey noun
Definitions
  1. Way; road; path. Obs. Chaucer.
Wey transitive verb & intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To weigh. Obs. Chaucer.
Wey noun
Etymology
OE. weye, AS. wge weight. . See Weight.
Definitions
  1. A certain measure of weight. Eng. "A weye of Essex cheese." Piers Plowman. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913