Weather — Defs

01 n. 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 m…

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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.
“Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.” — Shak.

“Fair weather cometh out of the north.” — Job xxxvii. 22.
2.
Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
3.
Storm; tempest.
“What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage!” — Dryden.
4.
A light rain; a shower.[Obs.]
“Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy!” — Cowper.

02 v. t. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.

imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Weathering

1.
To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
“[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails.” — Spenser.

“This gear lacks weathering.” — Latimer.
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.
“For I can weather the roughest gale.” — Longfellow.

“You will weather the difficulties yet.” — F. W. Robertson.
3.
To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.(Naut.)
4.
To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.(Falconry)

Phrases & compounds

To weather a point — To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side.

To weather out — to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.

03 v. i. To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheri…

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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.
“The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them.” — H. Miller.

04 a. Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weath…

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Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.(Naut.)
“To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather gauge of laws.” — Hudibras.