Aweigh :: Aweigh (adv.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor..

Butterweight :: Butterweight (n.) Over weight.

Catchweight :: Catchweight (adv.) Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight..

Counter Weight :: Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise.

Counterweigh :: Counterweigh (v. t.) To weigh against; to counterbalance.

Downweigh :: Downweigh (v. t.) To weigh or press down.

Hundredweight :: Hundredweight (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..

Makeweight :: Makeweight (n.) That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

Outweigh :: Outweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight or value.

Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.

Overweight :: Overweight (n.) Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

Overweight :: Overweight (n.) Superabundance of weight; preponderance.

Overweight :: Overweight (a.) Overweighing; excessive.

Paperweight :: Paperweight (n.) See under Paper, n..

Pennyweight :: Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name..

Sweigh :: Sweetwort (n.) Any plant of a sweet taste.

Unweighed :: Unweighed (a.) Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement..

Unweighing :: Unweighing (a.) Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate.

Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) 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..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To pay, allot, take, or give by weight..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) 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.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To have weight; to be heavy.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To bear heavily; to press hard.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To judge; to estimate.

Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

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