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tey | dey |

As a noun tey

is an old english measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.

As a proper noun dey is

the tenth solar month of the persian calendar.

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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    dey

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) deye, deie, daie, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * daie, deie, deye

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title given to the ruler of the (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 29:
  • *:the reigning Dey of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’.

    • Etymology 3

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