'Weathering' definitions:
Definition of 'Weathering'
From: GCIDE
- Weather \Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Weathering.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. [1913 Webster]
- [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- This gear lacks weathering. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- For I can weather the roughest gale. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W. Robertson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Weathering'
From: GCIDE
- Weathering \Weath"er*ing\, n. (Geol.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Weathering'
- To weather out,
- Under the weather,
- Weather,
- Weathered,
- Weatherly,
- Broken weather,
- Falling weather,
- On the weather beam,
- Stress of weather,
- To weather a point,
- Weather box,
- Weather breeder,
- Weather bureau,
- Weather cloth,
- Weather door,
- Weather gall,
- Weather gauge,
- Weather helm,
- Weather house,
- Weather map,
- Weather molding,
- Weather moulding,
- Weather report,
- Weather shore,
- Weather signal,
- Weather spy,
- Weather station,
- Weather strip,
- Weather tide,
- Weatherly, PA,
- all-weather,
- bad weather,
- cold weather,
- fair weather,
- good weather,
- hot weather,
- raw weather,
- stormy weather,
- weather chart,
- weather condition,
- weather deck,
- weather eye,
- weather forecast,
- weather forecaster,
- weather forecasting,
- weather outlook,
- weather radar,
- weather satellite,
- weather sheet,
- weather ship,
- weather side,
- weather stripping,
- weather the storm,
- weather vane,
- Fair-weather,
- To make bad weather,
- To make fair weather,
- To make good weather,
- Weather of a windmill sail,
- Weather-beaten,
- Weather-bit,
- Weather-bitten,
- Weather-board,
- Weather-bound,
- Weather-driven,
- Weather-fend,
- national weather service,
- weather-stripped,
- Fair-weather sailor,
- foul-weather gear