3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weather  \Weath"er\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Weathered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Weathering}.] 
  1.  To  expose  to  the  air;  to  air;  to  season  by  exposure  to 
  air. 
 
  [An  eagle]  soaring  through  his  wide  empire  of  the 
  air  To  weather  his  broad  sails.  --Spenser. 
 
  This  gear  lacks  weathering.  --Latimer. 
 
  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. 
 
  For  I  can  weather  the  roughest  gale.  --Longfellow. 
 
  You  will  weather  the  difficulties  yet  --F.  W. 
  Robertson 
 
  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. 
  --Encyc.  Brit. 
 
  {To  weather  a  point}. 
  a  (Naut.)  To  pass  a  point  of  land,  leaving  it  on  the  lee 
  side 
  b  Hence  to  gain  or  accomplish  anything  against 
  opposition. 
 
  {To  weather  out},  to  encounter  successfully,  though  with 
  difficulty;  as  to  weather  out  a  storm. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weathered  \Weath"ered\,  a. 
  1.  (Arch.)  Made  sloping,  so  as  to  throw  off  water;  as  a 
  weathered  cornice  or  window  sill. 
 
  2.  (Geol.)  Having  the  surface  altered  in  color,  texture,  or 
  composition,  or  the  edges  rounded  off  by  exposure  to  the 
  elements. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  weathered 
  adj  :  worn  by  exposure  to  the  weather;  "a  house  of  weathered 
  shingles"  [syn:  {weather-beaten},  {weatherworn}] 

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