Aweather :: Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!.

Fair-weather :: Fair-weather (a.) Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage..

Fair-weather :: Fair-weather (a.) Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend..

Overweather :: Overweather (v. t.) To expose too long to the influence of the weather.

Weather :: Weather (n.) 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..

Weather :: Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.

Weather :: Weather (n.) Storm; tempest.

Weather :: Weather (n.) A light rain; a shower.

Weather :: Weather (v. t.) To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.

Weather :: Weather (v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm..

Weather :: Weather (v. t.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship..

Weather :: Weather (v. t.) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

Weather :: 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..

Weather :: 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..

Weather-beaten :: Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather..

Weather-bit :: Weather-bit (n.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits..

Weather-bitten :: Weather-bitten (a.) Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather..

Weather-board :: Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc..

Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..

Weather-driven :: Weather-driven (a.) Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.

Weather-fend :: Weather-fend (v. t.) To defend from the weather; to shelter.

Weatherbit :: Weatherbit (v. t.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Weatherboarding :: Weatherboarding (n.) The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc..

Weatherboarding :: Weatherboarding (n.) Boards adapted or intended for such use.

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person..

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