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Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
Weather-fend (v. t.)
To defend from the weather; to shelter.
Weatherbit (v. t.)
To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.
That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.
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.
A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
Boards adapted or intended for such use.
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.
Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
Weathercock (v. t.)
To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
Weathered (imp. & p. p.)
of Weather
Weathered (a.)
Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.
Weathered (a.)
Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements.
An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.
Weathering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weather
Weathering (n.)
The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
The quality of being weatherly.
Weatherly (a.)
Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship.