英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Weighage
(n.)
A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise.
Weighbeam
(n.)
A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; --
also called weighmaster's beam.
Weighboard
(n.)
Clay intersecting a vein.
Weighbridge
(n.)
A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be
weighed; platform scales.
Weighed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Weigh
Weigher
(n.)
One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is
to weigh commodities.
Weighing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Weigh
a. & n. from Weigh, v.
Weighlock
(n.)
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and
their tonnage is settled.
Weighmaster
(n.)
One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay,
merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
Weight
(v. t.)
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.
Weight
(v. t.)
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.
Weight
(v. t.)
Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or
business.
Weight
(v. t.)
Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence;
moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
Weight
(v. t.)
A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of
estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries'
weight.
Weight
(v. t.)
A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a
paper weight.
Weight
(v. t.)
A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to
be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce
weight.
Weight
(v. t.)
The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed
to the power which moves it.
Weight
(v. t.)
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make
heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a
race; to weight a whip handle.
Weight
(v. t.)
To assign a weight to; to express by a number the
probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations,
under Weight.