As nouns the difference between tel and tey
is that tel is telegraph while tey is an Old English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
tel
English
Etymology 1
(en)
Noun
(
en noun)
telegraph
telegram
telephone
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
A hill or mound. (Used especially for land features in the Middle East and North Africa)
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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