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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For the noblesse of that contree is to have longe nayles, and to make hem growen alle weys to ben as longe as men may.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
And to tho ydoles, thei offren alle weys hyre first mylk of hire bestes, and also of hire metes, and of hire drynkes, before thei eten.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
Wi' a' his foiterin' weys, there's a winderfu' speerit o' independence aboot Sandy, d'ye ken?
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
Some men clepen it the Welle of Youthe: for thei that often drynken thereat, semen alle weys yongly, and lyven withouten sykenesse.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Sum men clepen it the Welle of Zouthe: for thei that often drynken there of, semen alle weys zongly, and lyven with outen sykenesse.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
