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Weighage
n.
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A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise.
Weighbeam
n.
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A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.
Weighboard
n.
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Clay intersecting a vein.
Weighbridge
n.
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A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Weigher
n.
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One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.
Weigh-houses
pl.
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of Weigh-house
Weigh-house
n.
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A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
Weighing
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a. & n. from Weigh, v.
Weighlock
n.
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A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
Weighmaster
n.
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One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
Weight
v. t.
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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.
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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.
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Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
Weight
v. t.
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Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
Weight
v. t.
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A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
Weight
v. t.
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A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
Weight
v. t.
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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.
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The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
Weighted
imp. & p. p.
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of Weight
Weighting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Weight
Weight
v. t.
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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.
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To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
Weightily
adv.
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In a weighty manner.
Weightiness
n.
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The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
Weightless
a.
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Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.
Weighty
superl.
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Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
Weighty
superl.
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Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
Weighty
superl.
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Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Weir
n.
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Alt. of Wear
Wear
n.
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A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.