Definition of weigh

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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.

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Ruthenium :: Ruthenium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum..
Yttrium :: Yttrium (n.) A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89..
Karob :: Karob (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Equipensate :: Equipensate (v. t.) To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person..
Bob :: Bob (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line..
Ponderate :: Ponderate (v. i.) To have weight or influence.
Mocha :: Mocha (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain..
Germanium :: Germanium (n.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3..
Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)..
Tantalum :: Tantalum (n.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium..
Dollar :: Dollar (n.) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains..
Quartern :: Quartern (n.) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.
Clove :: Clove (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds..
Overbalance :: Overbalance (n.) Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports..
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..
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