Definition of weigh

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

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Strummed :: Strull (n.) A bar so placed as to resist weight.
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) Hence, any weight..
Troy :: Troy (n.) Troy weight.
Equivalent :: Equivalent (n.) Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done..
Bezant :: Bezant (n.) A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants..
Sinker :: Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it..
Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To judge; to estimate.
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Stone :: Stone (n.) A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed..
Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden..
Gerah :: Gerah (n.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..
Weightless :: Weightless (a.) Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) One who, or that which, has no weight or influence..
Poisure :: Poisure (n.) Weight.
Assizer :: Assizer (n.) An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures, etc..
Barium :: Barium (n.) One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta..
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