About The Word Wey
Learn about the word Wey to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Wey definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Wey
| Wey Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Wey?Synonyms | Synonyms for Wey: Related Terms | Find terms related to Wey: See Also | Wey In Webster's Dictionary \Wey\, n.
Way; road; path. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Wey\, v. t. & i. To weigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Wey\, n. [OE. weye, AS. w?ge weight. ????. See {Weight}.] A certain measure of weight. [Eng.] ``A weye of Essex cheese.'' --Piers Plowman. Note: A wey is 6? tods, or 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. --Simmonds. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
- Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
- Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
- Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
- Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
- Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
- Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
- Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
- Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
- Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…