Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Wey   /weɪ/   Listen
noun
Wey  n.  Way; road; path. (Obs.)



Wey  n.  A certain measure of weight. (Eng.) "A weye of Essex cheese." Note: A wey is 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.



verb
Wey  v. t. & v. i.  To weigh. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Wey" Quotes from Famous Books



... men goon into that blisful place Of hertes hele and dedly woundes cure; Through me men goon unto the wells of grace, Ther grene and lusty May shal ever endure: This is the wey ...
— Outlines of English and American Literature • William J. Long

... church furniture, etc. Thus Payeras's zeal and the willingness of the Los Angelenos to pay for wine and brandy, which they doubtless drank "to the success of the church," completed the structure, and December 8, 1822, it was formally dedicated. Auguste Wey writes: ...
— The Old Franciscan Missions Of California • George Wharton James

... reached Alton in the cool of the evening, and were kindly received by a monk, who had charge of a grange just outside the little town, near one of the springs of the River Wey. ...
— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... your Lordschipe shall draw to good remembrance, and wey the great and havye murmur against me, bayth be the Quenis Grace, the Kirk men, Spirituall and Temporall Estaitis, and weall gevin people, meanyng, crying, and murmuring me greattumlie, that I do nott my office to thole sick infamouse ...
— The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) • John Knox

... castle keep may be seen south of the High Street. Abbott's Hospital (1619), the Guildhall with projecting clock (1683); St. Mary's church, Norman and Early English. Note paintings in north chapel. St. Nicholas' Church has been mostly rebuilt. Our road turns left just beyond the Wey bridge and passes under the ruins of St. Catherine's Chapel on the left. At Shalford (30-3/4 m.), bear right to Godalming (34-1/4 m.) in the centre of a lovely country. Here is a large cruciform church, Norman and Early English, with interesting ...
— Seaward Sussex - The South Downs from End to End • Edric Holmes


More quotes...



Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com