Wey Definition

noun
An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.
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Noun

Singular:
wey
Plural:
weys

Origin of Wey

  • From Middle English weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe, from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“a weight; a tool for weighing, balance, scale”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgiz, *wēgǭ (“weight; scale”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, bring, transport”). Cognate with German Waage (“weight”), Icelandic vág (“a weight”).

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Wey Sentence Examples

  • It lies on the left bank of the river Wey, on the southern slope of a hill rising about 700 ft.

  • Navigation is also carried on by the Medway to Tonbridge, on the lower parts of the Darent and Cray, from Dartford and Crayford, and on the Wey up to Guildford and Godalming.

  • It is formed of Weymouth, a fishing town and seaport on the southwest of the Wey, and Melcombe Regis on the north-east of the river, the two towns being contiguous The situation on Weymouth Bay, which is enclosed to the south by the Isle of Portland, and north by the eastward trend of the coast, is picturesque.

  • It lies in the flat valley of the river Wey, i m.

  • The Basingstoke canal, which connects the town with the river Wey and so with the Thames, was opened about 1 794, but lost its trade owing to railway competition.

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Words Starting With

WWEWEY

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Words Starting With W and Ending With Y

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