Definition of weight

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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..

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Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Oke :: Oke (n.) A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2/ pounds..
Avoirdupois :: Avoirdupois (n.) Avoirdupois weight.
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) Hence, any weight..
Halma :: Halma (n.) The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon..
Moment :: Moment (n.) Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration..
Preponderancy :: Preponderancy (n.) The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing..
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) One who, or that which, has no weight or influence..
Proportional :: Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
Tale :: Tale (v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated..
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Flabby :: Flabby (a.) Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh..
Gallium :: Gallium (n.) A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9..
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another.
Maasha :: Maasha (n.) An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee..
Overweight :: Overweight (a.) Overweighing; excessive.
Cantarro :: Cantarro (n.) A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds..
Tola :: Tola (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
Vanadium :: Vanadium (n.) A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2..
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