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Weasel
(n.)
Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to
the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender,
elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and
for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The
ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in
winter; others are brown at all seasons.
Weasel-faced
(a.)
Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
Weaser
(n.)
The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.
Weasiness
(n.)
Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual
indulgence.
Weasy
(a.)
Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous.
Weather
(n.)
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.
Weather
(n.)
Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation
of the state of the air.
Weather
(n.)
Storm; tempest.
Weather
(n.)
A light rain; a shower.
Weather
(v. t.)
To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
air.
Weather
(v. t.)
Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up
against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather
the storm.
Weather
(v. t.)
To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a
cape; to weather another ship.
Weather
(v. t.)
To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
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.
Weather
(a.)
Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as,
weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather
quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
Weather-beaten
(a.)
Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure
to the weather, especially to severe weather.
Weather-bit
(n.)
A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass,
without the bits.
Weather-bitten
(a.)
Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the
weather.
Weather-board
(v. t.)
To nail boards upon so as to lap one over
another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.
Weather-bound
(a.)
Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad
weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.