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Tew vs Tey - What's the difference?

tew | tey |

As nouns the difference between tew and tey

is that tew is (obsolete|uk|dialect) a rope or chain for towing a boat while tey is an old english measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

As a verb tew

is to tow along, as a vessel.

tew

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A rope or chain for towing a boat.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A cord; a string.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tow along, as a vessel.
    • (Drayton)
  • To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.
  • (by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  • To pull about; to maul.
  • (UK, Scotland, obsolete, dialect) To tease; to vex.
  • To work hard; to strive.
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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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