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wey
[ wey ]
noun
, plural weys.
- an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
- an old Scotch-Irish unit of capacity equal to 40 U.S. bushels.
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Example Sentences
Directly the river Wey is crossed, either in leaving or entering Guildford, the road begins to rise steeply.
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When within sight of Godalming, the road descends suddenly and proceeds along level lands through which runs the winding Wey.
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A mile-way is twenty minutes; a furlong-wey is two minutes and a half; and the double of it is five minutes.
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A furlong-wey meant the time during which one can walk a furlong, at three miles an hour.
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"It is an out-of-the-Wey one, at any rate," was the instantaneous reply.
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