wey

wey
   a historic English unit. The word comes from the old English wæge, meaning weight, and originally the wey was a weight unit representing about two hundredweight. Later it came to be used as a volume unit for a variety of dry commodities. Its size varied. Roughly speaking, the wey represented about 40 bushels, 2 cubic yards, or 1.5 cubic meters.

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  • Wey — Wey, n. [OE. weye, AS. w?ge weight. ????. See {Weight}.] A certain measure of weight. [Eng.] A weye of Essex cheese. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] Note: A wey is 6? tods, or 182 pounds, of wool; a load, or five quarters, of wheat, 40 bushels of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wey — Wey, n. Way; road; path. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wey — Wey, v. t. & i. To weigh. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wey — wey; wey·mouth; …   English syllables

  • Wey [1] — Wey (spr. Uei), 1) rechter schiffbarer Nebenfluß der Themse in den englischen Grafschaften Hampshire u. Surrey; 2) Küstenfluß in der englischen Grafschaft Dorset; 3) Kanal in der englischen Grafschaft Surrey …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Wey [2] — Wey (spr. Uei), englisches Maß, so v.w. Load …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Wey [1] — Wey (Weigh, spr. ŭē, »Abgewogenes«), engl. Maß für trockene Waren zu 5 Quarters = 1453,95 Lit., für heimische Wolle 13 Stones = 82,554 kg …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Wey [2] — Wey (Vey, Vahi, Bei, engl. Vy, Vahie, Vesey, franz. Veï, Vaï), zu den Mandingo (s. d.) gehöriges Sudânnegervolk an der Küste von Oberguinea, im westlichen Teile der Republik Liberia, zwischen dem Half Cape Mount und dem Sulimah Fluß. Das Gebiet… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Wey — (spr. weh), engl. Getreidemaß, s. Load; engl. Wollgewicht = 182 Pfund = 82,554 kg …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Wey — Wey,   Volk in Westafrika, Vai.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • wey — dry goods weight, O.E. weg (see WEIGH (Cf. weigh)) …   Etymology dictionary

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