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.

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.

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..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) 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 :: Weight (v. t.) 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 :: Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) 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 :: Weight (v. t.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it..

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) 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 :: Weight (v. t.) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight..

Weighted :: Weighted (imp. & p. p.) of Weigh.

Weightily :: Weightily (adv.) In a weighty manner.

Weightiness :: Weightiness (n.) The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

Weighting :: Weighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weigh.

Weightless :: Weightless (a.) Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light..

Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body..

Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous..

Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

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