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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wey \Wey\, noun Way; road; path. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wey \Wey\, verb (used with an object) & i. To weigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wey \Wey\, noun [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.
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