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CIDE DICTIONARY
weather, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, weêr, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve, Dan. veir, Sw. väder wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf. Wither.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather." [1913 Webster]"Fair weather cometh out of the north." [1913 Webster]
- Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Storm; tempest. [1913 Webster]"What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud
My thoughts presage!" [1913 Webster] - A light rain; a shower. Wyclif. [1913 Webster]"Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought
Devised the weather house, that useful toy!" [1913 Webster]
weather, v. t.
- To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. [1913 Webster]"[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air
To weather his broad sails." [1913 Webster]"This gear lacks weathering." [1913 Webster] - Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. [1913 Webster]"For I can weather the roughest gale." [1913 Webster]"You will weather the difficulties yet." [1913 Webster]
- To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. [1913 Webster]
- To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them." [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"To veer, and tack, and steer a cause
Against the weather gauge of laws." [1913 Webster]
Against the weather gauge of laws." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
weather, n. & v.
--n.
1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, and rain etc.
2 (attrib.) Naut. windward (on the weather side).
--v.
1 tr. expose to or affect by atmospheric changes, esp. deliberately to dry, season, etc. (weathered timber).
2 a tr. (usu. in passive) discolour or partly disintegrate (rock or stones) by exposure to air. b intr. be discoloured or worn in this way.
3 tr. make (boards or tiles) overlap downwards to keep out rain etc.
4 tr. a come safely through (a storm). b survive (a difficult period etc.).
5 tr. (of a ship or its crew) get to the windward of (a cape etc.).
--n.
1 the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, and rain etc.
2 (attrib.) Naut. windward (on the weather side).
--v.
1 tr. expose to or affect by atmospheric changes, esp. deliberately to dry, season, etc. (weathered timber).
2 a tr. (usu. in passive) discolour or partly disintegrate (rock or stones) by exposure to air. b intr. be discoloured or worn in this way.
3 tr. make (boards or tiles) overlap downwards to keep out rain etc.
4 tr. a come safely through (a storm). b survive (a difficult period etc.).
5 tr. (of a ship or its crew) get to the windward of (a cape etc.).
Idiom
keep a (or one's) weather eye open be watchful. make good (or bad) weather of it Naut. (of a ship) behave well (or badly) in a storm. make heavy weather of colloq. exaggerate the difficulty or burden presented by (a problem, course of action, etc.). under the weather colloq. indisposed or out of sorts. weather-beaten affected by exposure to the weather. weather-bound unable to proceed owing to bad weather. weather-chart (or -map) a diagram showing the state of the weather over a large area. weather forecast an analysis of the state of the weather with an assessment of likely developments over a certain time. weather-glass a barometer. weather side the side from which the wind is blowing (opp. lee side). weather station an observation post for recording meteorological data. weather-strip a piece of material used to make a door or window proof against rain or wind. weather-tiles tiles arranged to overlap like weatherboards. weather-vane see VANE. weather-worn damaged by storms etc.
Etymology
OE weder f. Gmc
DEVIL DICTIONARY
weather
n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.
Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see,
And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be --
Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his birth,
With a record of unreason seldom paralleled on earth.
While I looked he reared him solemnly, that incadescent youth,
From the coals that he'd preferred to the advantages of truth.
He cast his eyes about him and above him; then he wrote
On a slab of thin asbestos what I venture here to quote --
For I read it in the rose-light of the everlasting glow:
"Cloudy; variable winds, with local showers; cooler; snow."
Halcyon Jones
THESAURUS
weather
ablate, abrade, be safe, be unflappable, beat the game, beat the system, bring to, calm weather, climate, clime, cold weather, come through, come up fighting, come up smiling, erode, fair weather, flanking, forces of nature, fray, frazzle, fret, get home free, glancing, good weather, halcyon days, haul, haul off, haul the wind, haul to, haul up, head to windward, heave to, hold fast, hold out, hold up, hot weather, keep safe, lateral, lee, leeward, live through, macroclimate, make heavy weather, microclimate, next-beside, not budge, outride, persevere, rainy weather, remain firm, ride, ride it out, ride out, rub off, sail to windward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat, stay put, stick it out, stormy weather, tatter, the elements, tide over, triumph, uphelm, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather deck, weather helm, weather out, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather the storm, weather wheel, weatherboard, win out, win through, windiness, windward, windward ebb, windward floodROGET THESAURUS
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Air
N air, common air, atmospheric air, atmosphere, aerosphere, open air, sky, welkin, blue sky, cloud, weather, climate, rise and fall of the barometer, isobar, aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography, meteorology, climatology, pneumatics, eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer, aneroid, baroscope, weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock, exposure to the air, exposure to the weather, ventilation, aerostation, aeronautics, aeronaut, containing air, flatulent, effervescent, windy, atmospheric, airy, aerial, aeriform, meteorological, weatherwise, in the open air, a la belle etoile, al fresco, sub jove dio.Also see definition of "weather" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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