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  • English Word Weigh Definition 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.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
  • English Word Weigh Definition 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.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To have weight; to be heavy.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To bear heavily; to press hard.
  • English Word Weigh Definition To judge; to estimate.
  • English Word Weigh Definition A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.
  • English Word Weigh-house Definition A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
  • English Word Weigh-houses Definition of Weigh-house
  • English Word Weighable Definition Capable of being weighed.
  • English Word Weighage Definition A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise.
  • English Word Weighbeam Definition A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.
  • English Word Weighboard Definition Clay intersecting a vein.
  • English Word Weighbridge Definition A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
  • English Word Weighed Definition of Weigh
  • English Word Weigher Definition One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.
  • English Word Weighing Definition of Weigh
  • English Word Weighing Definition a. & n. from Weigh, v.
  • English Word Weighlock Definition A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
  • English Word Weighmaster Definition One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
  • English Word Weight Definition 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.
  • English Word Weight Definition 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.
  • English Word Weight Definition Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
  • English Word Weight Definition Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
  • English Word Weight Definition A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
  • English Word Weight Definition A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
  • English Word Weight Definition A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.