dial. [? f. WAY sb.1 or WEIGH v.] (See quot.)

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1854.  Anne E. Baker, Northampt. Gloss., s.v. Batticle, Sway-tree, Swingel-tree, and Way-tree, are synonymous in different parts of the county.

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1856.  J. C. Morton, Cycl. Agric., II. 726. Way-tree, (Lincolns.), the largest tree of the three ‘swingle-trees.’

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