weather

v. i. To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weather gauge. (a) (Naut.) The position of a ship to the windward of another. (b) Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position. [ 1913 Webster ] To veer, and tack, and steer a cause
Against the weather gauge of laws. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Weather helm (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side. --
Weather shore (Naut.), the shore to the windward of a ship. Totten. --
Weather tide (Naut.), the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward. Mar. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Weathered p. pr. & vb. n. Weathering. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ An eagle ] soaring through his wide empire of the air
To weather his broad sails. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

This gear lacks weathering. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I can weather the roughest gale. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

You will weather the difficulties yet. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weather a point. (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition. --
To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) (a) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side. (b) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) (Arch.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath. (b) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding. [ 1913 Webster ]