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weathering |
2 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]: Weathering \Weath"er*ing\, n. (Geol.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
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