wey

[ wey ]

noun

, plural weys.

1. an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
2. an old Scotch-Irish unit of capacity equal to 40 U.S. bushels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wey¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English wǣge weight. See weigh ¹

Example Sentences

Jodie said her 10-year-old son was being taught at Wey Valley College in Guildford after he was expelled from a primary school.

From BBC

Wey describes Little Amal as a “miraculous thing that pulls people together suddenly” to create a “collective sense of empathy and a collective sense of awe.”

From Seattle Times

“Obviously there’s a lot of specific points in our American history that we felt that we needed to address and that’s the reason why we’re starting in Boston,” says Enrico Dau Yang Wey, lead puppeteer and co-associate artistic director.

From Seattle Times

“The Whitewashing of Detroit’s Culinary Scene,” a 2017 article for Bloomberg CityLab by Tunde Wey, a writer, artist and chef, captured the anger over the Black population’s exclusion from the city’s economic revival.

From New York Times

Locals point to the articles by Mr. Kurlyandchik and Mr. Wey as examples of Detroiters’ hard-won awareness that not all development is for the better.

From New York Times