Tey vs Tex - What's the difference?
tey | tex |
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:
As nouns the difference between tey and tex
is that tey is an old english measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom while tex is a milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.tey
English
Noun
(en noun)- The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.