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n. Over weight. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Horseracing) Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weigh against; to counterbalance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A counterpoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weigh or press down. [ 1913 Webster ]

A different sin downweighs them to the bottom. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. heaviest in a category; as, a heavyweight boxer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a boxer who weighs more than 195 pounds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a very large person.
Syn. -- giant, hulk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a person of exceptional importance and reputation.
Syn. -- colossus, behemoth, giant, titan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2, 000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of less than average weight; specif.: In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighing not more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). [ wns=1 ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A person of small importance or mental ability, especially one who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous. [ wns=2 ] [ Colloq., Chiefly U. S. ]
Syn. -- whippersnapper, jackanapes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds. [ wns=3 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. made of thin cloth, of relatively little weight; -- of clothing or fabrics; as, lightweight fabrics. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in weight or value. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down. Drayton. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Overweighing; excessive. [ Obs. ] “Of no overweight worth.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected; as, the doctor recommends dieting to all his overweight patients; overweight luggage will incur an extra charge. [ PJC ]

n. See under Paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of a troy ounce; 1.555 grams; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It is abbreviated dwt or pwt. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. Sway; movement. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

An expedition was got under weigh from New York. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Weighed p. pr. & vb. n. Weighing. ] [ OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. wägen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. väga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Way, and cf. Wey. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. “Weigh the vessel up.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Dan. v. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. “A body weighing divers ounces.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zech. xi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young man not weighed in state affairs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [ Obs. or Archaic ] “I weigh not you.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that she so dear did weigh. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weigh down. (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. “To weigh thy spirits down.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. “They only weigh the heavier.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bear heavily; to press hard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To judge; to estimate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Could not weigh of worthiness aright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weigh down, to sink by its own weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Wey. ] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being weighed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Clay intersecting a vein. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Weigh-houses A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Weigh, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed. --
Weighing house. See Weigh-house. --
Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. vætt, Sw. vigt, Dan. vægt. See Weigh, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all the forces exerted by gravity upon the different particles of the body, it is proportional to the quantity of matter in the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell,
Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. “The weight of this said time.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the public all this weight he bears. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] who singly bore the world's sad weight. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such a point of weight, so near mine honor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man leapeth better with weights in his hands. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Atomic weight. (Chem.) See under Atomic, and cf. Element. --
Dead weight,
Feather weight,
Heavy weight,
Light weight, etc. See under Dead, Feather, etc. --
Weight of observation (Astron. & Physics), a number expressing the most probable relative value of each observation in determining the result of a series of observations of the same kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden; load; importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Weighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Weighting. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Math.) to assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2. [ PJC ]

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adv. In a weighty manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Weightier superl. Weightiest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. “For sundry weighty reasons.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive. [ R. ] “Attend our weightier judgment.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Heavy; ponderous; burdensome; onerous; forcible; momentous; efficacious; impressive; cogent. [ 1913 Webster ]