wey
noun
an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
weys
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pluralof wey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And there besyde ben 4 pileres of ston, that alle weys droppen watre: and sum men seyn, that thei wepen for our Lordes dethe.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
And thei that duellen there and drynken often of that welle, thei nevere han sekenesse, and thei semen alle weys zonge.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
And thei han werre alle weys with the folk that gon alle naked.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
It's a peety ye couldna exert it in ither weys.'
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
And alle tho ben at his wages: and thei ben alle weys at him, withouten the folke of his contree, that is withouten nombre.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
