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Week (?), n. [OE. weke, wike, woke, wuke AS. weocu, wicu, wucu; akin to OS. wika, OFries. wike, D. week, G. woche, OHG. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, Sw. vecka, Dan. uge, Goth. wik�, probably originally meaning, a succession or change, and akin to G. wechsel change, L. vicis turn, alternation, and E. weak. Cf. .] A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
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I fast twice in the week.
Luke xviii. 12.
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☞ Although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at Rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. Encyc. Brit.
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Coloq. Feast of Weeks . See , 1. -- Coloq. Prophetic week , a week of years, or seven years. Dan. ix. 24. -- Coloq. Week day . See under .
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Week-end, n. The end of the week, usually comprising the period from Friday evening to Monday morning, observed commonly as a period of respite from work or school; as, to visit one for a week-end; also, a house party during a week-end. Contrasted to work days. Where work days continue throught Saturday morning, the weekend starts on Saturday at noon.
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Weekly (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.
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2. Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly gazette.
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Weekly, n.; pl. Weeklies (�). A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
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Weekly, adv. Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.
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Weekwam (?), n. See . [R.]
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Weel (?), a. & adv. Well. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Weel, n. [AS. wǣl. √147.] A whirlpool. [Obs.]
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{ Weel (?), Weely (?), }[Prov. E. weel, weal, a wicker basket to catch eels; prob. akin to willow, and so called as made of willow twigs.] A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs. [Obs.] Carew.
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Ween (?), v. i. [OE. wenen, AS. w�nan, fr. w�n hope, expectation, opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w�n, OS. & OHG. wān, G. wahn delusion, Icel. vān hope, expectation, Goth. w�ns, and D. wanen to fancy, G. wähnen, Icel. vāna to hope, Goth. w�njan, and perhaps to E. winsome, wish.] To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. Milton.
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I have lost more than thou wenest.
Chaucer.
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For well I ween,
Never before in the bowers of light
Had the form of an earthly fay been seen.
J. R. Drake.
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Though never a dream the roses sent
Of science or love's compliment,
I ween they smelt as sweet.
Mrs. Browning.
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Weep (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
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Weep, obs. imp. of , for wept. Chaucer.
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Weep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wept (wĕpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping.] [OE. wepen, AS. wēpan, from wōp lamentation; akin to OFries. w�pa to lament, OS. wōp lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. ōp a shouting, crying, OS. wōpian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. œpa, Goth. wōpjan. √129.]
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1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.
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And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck.
Acts xx. 37.
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Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.
Mitford.
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And eyes that wake to weep.
Mrs. Hemans.
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And they wept together in silence.
Longfellow.
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2. To lament; to complain. “They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.” Num. xi. 13.
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3. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
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The blood weeps from my heart.
Shak.
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4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
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5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.
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Weep, v. t. 1. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. “I weep bitterly the dead.” A. S. Hardy.
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We wandering go
Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe.
Pope.
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2. To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.
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Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.
Milton.
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Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm.
Milton.
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Weeper (?), n. 1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.
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2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. Goldsmith.
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3. (Zoöl.) The capuchin. See , 3 (a).
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Weepful (?), a. Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Weeping, n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
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Weeping, a. 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. “Weeping eyes.” I. Watts.
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2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. “Weeping grounds.” Mortimer.
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3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
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4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
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Coloq. Weeping cross , a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence. -- Coloq. Weeping rock , a porous rock from which water gradually issues. -- Coloq. Weeping sinew , a ganglion. See , n., 2. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Weeping spring , a spring that discharges water slowly.
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weeping beech n. a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula) with pendulous limbs.
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weeping love grass n. a perennial South African grass (Eragrostis curvula) having densly clumped flimsy stems; introduced into U.S. esp. for erosion control.
Syn. -- African love grass.
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Weepingly (?), adv. In a weeping manner.
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Weeping-ripe (?), a. Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. [Obs.] Shak.
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weeping spruce n. a medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon (Picea breweriana) having pendulous branches.
Syn. -- Brewer's spruce.
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Weeping tree. (a) Any tree having pendulous branches. (b) A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of insects drip in considerable quantities, esp. one infested by the larvæ of any species of the genus Ptylus, allied to the cuckoo spits, which in tropical countries secrete large quantities of a watery fluid.
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weeping tree broom n. a small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods.
a broom is any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers.
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weeping widow n. same as .
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Weeping willow (Bot.) a tree (Salix babylonica) of the willow family with slender leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly. It grows best where soil is moist, as by the banks of streams and is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree.
Syn. -- Babylonian weeping willow.
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Weerish (?), a. See . [Obs.]
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Weesel (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Weet (?), a. & n. Wet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Weet, v. i. [imp. Wot (?).] [See to know.] To know; to wit. [Obs.] Tyndale. Spenser.
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Weet-bird (?), n. (Zoöl.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
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Weetingly, adv. Knowingly. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Weetless, a. Unknowing; also, unknown; unmeaning. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Weet-weet (?), n. [So called from its piping cry when disturbed.] (Zoöl.) (a) The common European sandpiper. (b) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
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Weet-weet (?), n. [Native name in Victoria.] A throwing toy, or implement, of the Australian aborigines, consisting of a cigar-shaped stick fastened at one end to a flexible twig. It weighs in all about two ounces, and is about two feet long.
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Weever (?), n. [Probably from F. vive, OF. vivre, a kind of fish, L. vipera viper. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidæ. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which cause painful wounds.
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☞ The two British species are the great, or greater, weever (Trachinus draco), which becomes a foot long (called also gowdie, sea cat, stingbull, and weaverfish), and the lesser weever (Trachinus vipera), about half as large (called also otter pike, and stingfish).
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Weevil (?), n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin to OD. wevel, OHG. wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E. weave. See .] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvæ of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under , , and ). The larvæ of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under ). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under , , and .
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Weeviled (?), a. Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain. [Written also weevilled.]
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Weevily (?), a. Having weevils; weeviled. [Written also weevilly.]
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Weezel (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Weft (?), obs. imp. & p. p. of .
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Weft, n. [Cf. .] A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] “A forlorn weft.” Spenser.
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Weft, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See .]
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1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
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2. A web; a thing woven.
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Weftage (?), n. Texture. [Obs.] Grew.
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Wegotism (?), n. [From we, in imitation of egotism.] Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism. [Colloq. or Cant]
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{ Wehrgeld (?), Wehrgelt (?), } n. (O. Eng. Law) See .
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Wehrwolf (?), n. See .
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{ Weigela (?), Weigelia (?), } n. [NL. So named after C. E. Weigel, a German naturalist.] (Bot.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. It was introduced from China.
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Weigh (wā), n. (Naut.) A corruption of , used only in the phrase under weigh.
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An expedition was got under weigh from New York.
Thackeray.
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The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh.
Jowett (Thucyd.).
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Weigh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Weighing.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. wägen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. väga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ����. See , and cf. .]
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1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. “Weigh the vessel up.” Cowper.
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2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
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Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Dan. v. 27.
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3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. “A body weighing divers ounces.” Boyle.
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4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
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They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Zech. xi. 12.
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5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.
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A young man not weighed in state affairs.
Bacon.
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Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own.
Milton.
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Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken.
Hooker.
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In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs.
Pope.
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Without sufficiently weighing his expressions.
Sir W. Scott.
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6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or Archaic] “I weigh not you.” Shak.
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All that she so dear did weigh.
Spenser.
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Coloq. To weigh down . (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. “To weigh thy spirits down.” Milton.
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Weigh (?), v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. “They only weigh the heavier.” Cowper.
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2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
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Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.
Shak.
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This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge.
Locke.
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3. To bear heavily; to press hard.
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Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart.
Shak.
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4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]
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Could not weigh of worthiness aright.
Spenser.
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Coloq. To weigh down , to sink by its own weight.
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Weigh, n. [See .] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See .
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Weighable (?), a. Capable of being weighed.
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Weighage (?; 48), n. A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. Bouvier.
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Weighbeam (?), n. A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.
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Weighboard (?), n. (Mining) Clay intersecting a vein. Weale.
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Weighbridge (?), n. A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
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Weigher (?), n. One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.
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Weigh-house (?), n.; pl. Weigh-houses (�). A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
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Weighing, a. & n. from , v.
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Coloq. Weighing cage , a cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed. -- Coloq. Weighing house . See . -- Coloq. Weighing machine , any large machine or apparatus for weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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Weighlock (?), n. A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
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Weighmaster (?), n. One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
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Weight (?), n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. vætt, Sw. vigt, Dan. vægt. See , v. t.]
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1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
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☞ Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all the forces exerted by gravity upon the different particles of the body, it is proportional to the quantity of matter in the body.
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2. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.
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For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell,
Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes.
Shak.
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3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. “The weight of this said time.” Shak.
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For the public all this weight he bears.
Milton.
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[He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.
Keble.
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4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
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In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.
Shak.
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5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
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6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
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A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.
Bacon.
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7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.
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8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.]
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Coloq. Atomic weight . (Chem.) See under , and cf. . -- Coloq. Dead weight , Coloq. Feather weight , Coloq. Heavy weight , Coloq. Light weight , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Weight of observation (Astron. & Physics), a number expressing the most probable relative value of each observation in determining the result of a series of observations of the same kind.
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Syn. -- Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden; load; importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness.
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Weight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Weighting.]
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1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
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The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.
Coleridge.
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2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under .
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3. (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.
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4. (Math.) to assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2.
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