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WEATHER, n. Wether. [G., The primary sense of this word is air, wind or atmosphere; probably the Gr., whence ether.] Properly, the air; hence, 1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, and the like; as warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather; calm weather; tempestuous weather; fair weather; cloudy weather; hazy weather, and the like.2. Change of the state of the air.3. Storm; tempest.[These last significations are not now in use, unless by a poetic license.]Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.WEATHER, v.t. wether. 1. To air; to expose to the air. [Rarely used.]2. In seamens language, to sail to the windward of something else; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. As this is often difficult, hence, 3. To pass with difficulty.To weather a point, to gain or accomplish it against opposition.To weather out, to endure; to hold out to the end; as, to weather out a storm.Weather is used with several words, either as an adjective, or as forming part of a compound word.
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WEATHER, n. Wether. [G., The primary sense of this word is air, wind or atmosphere; probably the Gr., whence ether.] Properly, the air; hence, 1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, and the like; as warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather; calm weather; tempestuous weather; fair weather; cloudy weather; hazy weather, and the like.2. Change of the state of the air.3. Storm; tempest.[These last significations are not now in use, unless by a poetic license.]Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.WEATHER, v.t. wether. 1. To air; to expose to the air. [Rarely used.]2. In seamens language, to sail to the windward of something else; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. As this is often difficult, hence, 3. To pass with difficulty.To weather a point, to gain or accomplish it against opposition.To weather out, to endure; to hold out to the end; as, to weather out a storm.Weather is used with several words, either as an adjective, or as forming part of a compound word. | WEATH'ER, n. [weth'er; Sax. weder, wæder, or wether; G. wetter; D. weder or weer; Dan. vejr; Sw. väder; Sans. widara, a storm. The primary sense of this word is air, wind or atmosphere; probably the Gr. αιθηρ, whence ether. Properly, the air; hence,]- The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, and the like; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather; calm weather; tempestuous weather; fair weather; cloudy weather; hazy weather, and the like.
- Change of the state of the air. – Bacon.
- Storm; tempest. – Dryden.
[These last significations are not now in use, unless by a poetic license.]
Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.
WEATH'ER, v.t.1 [weth'er.]- To air; to expose to the air. [Rarely used.] – Spenser. Tusser.
- In seamen's language, to sail to the windward of something else; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. As this is often difficult, hence,
- To pass with difficulty. – Hale.
To weather a point, to gain or accomplish it against opposition. – Addison.
To weather out, to endure; to hold out to the end; as, to weather out a storm. – Addison.
Weather is used with several words, either as an adjective, or as forming part of a compound word.
WEATH'ER, v.t.2In geology, to decompose the surface of rocks by the action of the atmosphere. | Weath"er
- The state of the air or atmosphere with respect
to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or
cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition
of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet
weather; dry weather, etc.
- To expose to the air] to air; to season by
exposure to air.
- To undergo or endure the
action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes,
to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by
weather.
- Being toward
the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow,
weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts,
weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
- Vicissitude of season; meteorological change;
alternation of the state of the air.
- Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear
up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to
weather the storm.
- Storm; tempest.
- To sail or pass to the windward
of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
- A light rain; a shower.
- To place (a hawk) unhooded in
the open air.
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Weather WEATHER, noun Wether. [G., The primary sense of this word is air, wind or atmosphere; probably the Gr., whence ether.] Properly, the air; hence, 1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, and the like; as warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather; calm weather; tempestuous weather; fair weather; cloudy weather; hazy weather and the like. 2. Change of the state of the air. 3. Storm; tempest. [These last significations are not now in use, unless by a poetic license.] Stress of weather violent winds; force of tempests. WEATHER, verb transitive wether. 1. To air; to expose to the air. [Rarely used.] 2. In seamens language, to sail to the windward of something else; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. As this is often difficult, hence, 3. To pass with difficulty. To weather a point, to gain or accomplish it against opposition. To weather out, to endure; to hold out to the end; as, to weather out a storm. WEATHER is used with several words, either as an adjective, or as forming part of a compound word.
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