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verb

Weather v. t. (past & past part. weathered; pres. part. weathering)

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." "This gear lacks weathering."

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." "You will weather the difficulties yet."

(Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.

(Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

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.

Weather v. i. 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."

adjective

Weathered adj.

(Arch.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.

(Geol.) Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.

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Etymology of 'Weathered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Weathered" Quotes from Famous Books

... Rainey thought—a basso voice tempered to the occasion, a deep-sea voice that could bellow above the roar of a gale if needed. For all his shoregoing clothes and shuffle, the man was certainly a sailor, or had been. All the skin uncovered by cloth or hair was weathered to leather, the great hands curled in as if they clutched an invisible rope. He wore dark glasses with side lenses, over which heavy brows projected in shaggy ...

— A Man to His Mate • J. Allan Dunn

... after marching. But our distress from want of food and comfortable raiment, was nothing compared to the grumbling of some of the men, and I am sorry to say, of some of the officers. I really thought we should have a meeting once or twice; but we weathered through without it. Some hard things are said since about some of the officers, but the whole talk of the army is now about General Reed. There have been a good many attempts to conceal it from the men, but it has pretty much leaked ...

— Nuts for Future Historians to Crack • Various

... that," said he, quite slowly. "If this thing is what it appears to be, if it isn't merely some freakish bit of stone weathered off somewhere, why, it means—my ...

— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England

... financial collapse. Drew had taken away about seven million dollars of his money and an artificial stringency had been created in Wall Street by this exodus of most of its available cash. But Vanderbilt weathered the storm and, as his generally optimistic attitude inspired confidence, the sky began ...

— The Railroad Builders - A Chronicle of the Welding of the States, Volume 38 in The - Chronicles of America Series • John Moody

... voyage, Carthalo could leave the elements to finish his work. The next great storm, accordingly, completely annihilated the two Roman fleets in their wretched roadsteads, while the Phoenician admiral easily weathered it on the open sea with his unencumbered and well-managed ships. The Romans, however, succeeded in saving the greater part of the crews and ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

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