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wey

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

Other meanings

2. proper noun

A river in Surrey, England, a tributary to the Thames.

3. proper noun

A short river in Dorset, England, which flows from Upwey to the sea at Weymouth.

4. proper noun

Alternative form of Wei, an ancient Chinese duchy.

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