Weather |
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. |
n. |
Weather |
Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. |
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Weather |
Storm; tempest. |
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Weather |
A light rain; a shower. |
n. |
Weather |
To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. |
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Weather |
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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Weather |
To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. |
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Weather |
To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. |
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Weather |
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. |
v. i. |
Weather |
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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Weather-beaten |
Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. |
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Weather-bit |
A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits. |
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Weather-bitten |
Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. |
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Weather-board |
To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. |
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Weather-bound |
Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel. |
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Weather-driven |
Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. |
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Fair-weather |
Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. |
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Fair-weather |
Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. |
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Fend |
A fiend. |
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Fend |
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. |
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