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Wearing (?), n. 1. The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
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Belike he meant to ward, and there to see his wearing. Latimer.
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2. That which is worn; clothes; garments. [Obs.]
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Give me my nightly wearing and adieu. Shak.
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Wearing (?), a. Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.
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Wearish (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain, but perhaps akin to weary.]
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1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] “A wearish hand.” Ford.
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A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by nature. Burton.
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2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.]
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Wearish as meat is that is not well tasted. Palsgrave.
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Wearisome (?), a. Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
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These high wild hills and rough uneven ways
Draws out our miles, and makes them wearisome. Shak.
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Syn. -- Irksome; tiresome; tedious; fatiguing; annoying; vexatious. See .
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-- Wearisomely, adv. -- Wearisomeness, n.
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Weary (?), a. [Compar. Wearier (?); superl. Weariest.] [OE. weri, AS. w�rig; akin to OS. w�rig, OHG. wu�rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w�rian to ramble.]
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1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
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I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. Shak.
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[I] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow.
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2. Causing weariness; tiresome. “Weary way.” Spenser. “There passed a weary time.” Coleridge.
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3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.
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Syn. -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome.
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Weary, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wearied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying.]
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1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.
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So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers. Shak.
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2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
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I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak.
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3. To harass by anything irksome.
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I would not cease
To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton.
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Coloq. To weary out , to subdue or exhaust by fatigue.
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Syn. -- To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See .
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Weary, v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
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Weasand (?), n. [OE. wesand, AS. wāsend; akin to OFries. wāsende, wāsande; cf. OHG. weisunt.] The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil. [Formerly, written also, wesand, and wezand.]
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Cut his weasand with thy knife. Shak.
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Weasel (?), n. [OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyivīsla, Dan. väsel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. �, �, cat, weasel.] (Zoöl.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
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Coloq. Malacca weasel , the rasse. -- Coloq. Weasel coot , a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also weasel duck. -- Coloq. Weasel lemur , a short-tailed lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white.
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Weasel-faced (?), a. Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
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Weaser (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake. [Local, U. S.]
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Weasiness (?), n. Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence. [Obs.] Joye.
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Weasy (?), a. [Cf. .] Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous. [Obs.] Joye.
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Weather (?), n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, weêr, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. veðr, Dan. veir, Sw. väder wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf. .]
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1. 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.
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Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather. Shak.
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Fair weather cometh out of the north. Job xxxvii. 22.
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2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. Bacon.
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3. Storm; tempest.
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What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud
My thoughts presage! Dryden.
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4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Coloq. Stress of weather , violent winds; force of tempests. -- Coloq. To make fair weather , to flatter; to give flattering representations. [R.] -- Coloq. To make good weather , or Coloq. To make bad weather (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. Shak. -- Coloq. Under the weather , ill; also, financially embarrassed. [Colloq. U. S.] Bartlett. -- Coloq. Weather box . Same as Weather house, below. Thackeray. -- Coloq. Weather breeder , a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather. -- Coloq. Weather bureau , a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under , a. [U. S.] -- Coloq. Weather cloth (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings. -- Coloq. Weather door . (Mining) See , 2. -- Coloq. Weather gall . Same as , 2. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- Coloq. Weather house , a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
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Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought
Devised the weather house, that useful toy! Cowper.
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-- Coloq. Weather molding , or Coloq. Weather moulding (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain. -- Coloq. Weather of a windmill sail , the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution. -- Coloq. Weather report , a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority. -- Coloq. Weather spy , a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. [R.] Donne. -- Coloq. Weather strip (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.
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Weather (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Weathering.]
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1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
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[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air
To weather his broad sails. Spenser.
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This gear lacks weathering. Latimer.
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2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
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For I can weather the roughest gale. Longfellow.
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You will weather the difficulties yet. F. W. Robertson.
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3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
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4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Encyc. Brit.
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Coloq. To weather a point . (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition. -- Coloq. To weather out , to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.
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Weather, v. i. 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.
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The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them. H. Miller.
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Weather, a. (Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
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Coloq. Weather gauge . (a) (Naut.) The position of a ship to the windward of another. (b) Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position.
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To veer, and tack, and steer a cause
Against the weather gauge of laws. Hudibras.
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-- Coloq. Weather helm (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side. -- Coloq. Weather shore (Naut.), the shore to the windward of a ship. Totten. -- Coloq. Weather tide (Naut.), the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward. Mar. Dict.
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Weather-beaten (?), a. Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. Shak.
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Weather-bit (?), n. (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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Weatherbit, v. t. (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten.
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Weather-bitten (?), a. Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge.
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Weatherboard (?), n. 1. (Naut.) (a) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side. (b) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.
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2. (a) (Arch.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath. (b) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
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Weather-board, v. t. (Arch.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. Gwilt.
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Weatherboarding, n. (Arch.) (a) The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc. (b) Boards adapted or intended for such use.
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Weather-bound (?), a. Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
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Weathercock (?), n. 1. A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction. “As a wedercok that turneth his face with every wind.” Chaucer.
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Noisy weathercocks rattled and sang of mutation. Longfellow.
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2. Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
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Weathercock, v. t. To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
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Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the spire. Tennyson.
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Weather-driven (?), a. Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. Carew.
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Weathered (?), a. 1. (Arch.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.
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2. (Geol.) Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.
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Weather-fend (?), v. t. To defend from the weather; to shelter. Shak.
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[We] barked the white spruce to weather-fend the roof. Emerson.
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Weatherglass (?), n. An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.
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Coloq. Poor man's weatherglass . (Bot.) See under .
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Weathering, n. (Geol.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
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Weatherliness (?), n. (Naut.) The quality of being weatherly.
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Weatherly, a. (Naut.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship. Cooper.
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Weather map. A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an extended region. Such maps usually show the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relative humidity, the state of the weather, and the direction and velocity of the wind. Isobars and isotherms outline the general distribution of temperature and pressure, while shaded areas indicate the sections over which rain has just fallen. Other lines inclose areas where the temperature has fallen or risen markedly. In tabular form are shown changes of pressure and of temperature, maximum and minimum temperatures, and total rain for each weather station since the last issue, usually 12 hours.
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Weathermost (?), a. (Naut.) Being farthest to the windward.
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Weatherproof (?), a. Proof against rough weather.
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Weather signal. Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals.
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Weather station. (Meteor.) A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering instruments; of the second order when only important observations are taken; of the third order when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures.
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Weatherwise (?), a. Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather. Hakluyt.
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Weatherwiser (?), n. [Cf. .] Something that foreshows the weather. [Obs.] Derham.
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Weatherworn (?), a. Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.
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Weave (wēv), v. t. [imp. Wove (wōv); p. p. Woven (wōv'n), Wove; p. pr. & vb. n. Weaving. The regular imp. & p. p. Weaved (wēvd), is rarely used.] [OE. weven, AS. wefan; akin to D. weven, G. weben, OHG. weban, Icel. vefa, Sw. väfva, Dan. væve, Gr. yfainein, v., yfos web, Skr. ūrṇavābhi spider, lit., wool weaver. Cf. , , , , , .]
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1. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.
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This weaves itself, perforce, into my business. Shak.
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That in their green shops weave the smooth-haired silk
To deck her sons. Milton.
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And for these words, thus woven into song. Byron.
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2. To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story.
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When she weaved the sleided silk. Shak.
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Her starry wreaths the virgin jasmin weaves. Ld. Lytton.
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Weave, v. i. 1. To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
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2. To become woven or interwoven.
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Weave, n. A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.
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Weaver (?), n. 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. “Weavers of linen.” P. Plowman.
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2. (Zoöl.) A weaver bird.
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3. (Zoöl.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See .
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Coloq. Weaver bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to Ploceus and allied genera of the family Ploceidæ. Weaver birds resemble finches and sparrows in size, colors, and shape of the bill. They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials. In some of the species the nest is retort-shaped, with the opening at the bottom of the tube. -- Coloq. Weavers' shuttle (Zoöl.), an East Indian marine univalve shell (Radius volva); -- so called from its shape. See Illust. of Shuttle shell, under .
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Weaverfish (?), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) See .
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Weaving, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, weaves; the act or art of forming cloth in a loom by the union or intertexture of threads.
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2. (Far.) An incessant motion of a horse's head, neck, and body, from side to side, fancied to resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing the shuttle. Youatt.
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Weazand (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Weazen (?), a. [See .] Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face.
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They were weazen and shriveled. Dickens.
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Weazeny (?), a. Somewhat weazen; shriveled. [Colloq.] “Weazeny, baked pears.” Lowell.
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Web (?), n. [OE. webbe, AS. webba. See .] A weaver. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Web, n. [OE. web, AS. webb; akin to D. web, webbe, OHG. weppi, G. gewebe, Icel. vefr, Sw. väf, Dan. væv. See .]
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1. That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
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Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake,
Devised a web her wooers to deceive. Spenser.
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Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. Bancroft.
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2. A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
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3. The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. “The smallest spider's web.” Shak.
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4. Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.
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The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold. Hawthorne.
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Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. W. Irving.
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5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
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6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
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And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead. Fairfax.
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(a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.]
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The sword, whereof the web was steel,
Pommel rich stone, hilt gold. Fairfax.
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(b) The blade of a saw.
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(c) The thin, sharp part of a colter.
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(d) The bit of a key.
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7. (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. Specifically: --
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(a) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.
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(b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
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(c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
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(d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.
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8. (Med.) Pterygium; -- called also webeye. Shak.
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9. (Anat.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.
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10. (Zoöl.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See .
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