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- English Word Weather-bitten Definition Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.
- English Word Weather-board Definition To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.
- English Word Weather-bound Definition Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
- English Word Weather-driven Definition Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
- English Word Weather-fend Definition To defend from the weather; to shelter.
- English Word Weatherbit Definition To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.
- English Word Weatherboard Definition That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
- English Word Weatherboard Definition A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.
- English Word Weatherboard Definition 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.
- English Word Weatherboard Definition A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
- English Word Weatherboarding Definition The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
- English Word Weatherboarding Definition Boards adapted or intended for such use.
- English Word Weathercock Definition 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.
- English Word Weathercock Definition Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
- English Word Weathercock Definition To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
- English Word Weathered Definition of Weather
- English Word Weathered Definition Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.
- English Word Weathered Definition Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.
- English Word Weatherglass Definition An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.
- English Word Weathering Definition of Weather
- English Word Weathering Definition The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
- English Word Weatherliness Definition The quality of being weatherly.
- English Word Weatherly Definition Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship.
- English Word Weathermost Definition Being farthest to the windward.
- English Word Weatherproof Definition Proof against rough weather.
- English Word Weatherwise Definition Skillful in forecasting the changes of the weather.
- English Word Weatherwiser Definition Something that foreshows the weather.
- English Word Weatherworn Definition Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.
- English Word Weave Definition 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.
- English Word Weave Definition 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.