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Definition of Weather
Weath´er | n. | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. | | 3. | Storm; tempest. | | 4. | A light rain; a shower. | | v. t. | 1. | To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. | | 2. | Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. | | 3. | (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. | | 4. | (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | a. | 1. | (Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward - opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. |
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