dial. [? f. WAY sb.1 or WEIGH v.] (See quot.)
1854. Anne E. Baker, Northampt. Gloss., s.v. Batticle, Sway-tree, Swingel-tree, and Way-tree, are synonymous in different parts of the county.
1856. J. C. Morton, Cycl. Agric., II. 726. Way-tree, (Lincolns.), the largest tree of the three swingle-trees.