Definition of weather

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

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Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..
Blowzed :: Blowzed (a.) Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.
Lowery :: Lowery (a.) Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather..
Rainy :: Rainy (a.) Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season..
Baroscope :: Baroscope (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes..
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving..
Dirty :: Dirty (superl.) Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather..
Weathered :: Weathered (a.) Having the surface altered in color, texture, or composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the elements..
Fane :: Fane (n.) A weathercock.
Weatherly :: Weatherly (a.) Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A weatherglass; a barometer.
Frost :: Frost (v. i.) The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather..
Unfriendly :: Unfriendly (a.) Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health..
Haymaker :: Haymaker (n.) A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
Sleety :: Sleety (a.) Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Diary :: Diary (n.) A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather..
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