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Teg vs Tey - What's the difference?

teg | tey |

As nouns the difference between teg and tey

is that teg is (uk|dialect|dated) a sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old while tey is an old english measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

teg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, dated) a sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old
    • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, dialect, dated) a doe in its second year

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    tey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an Old English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 171:
    • The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.

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