v. t.
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Dan. v. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zech. xi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
A young man not weighed in state affairs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
All that she so dear did weigh. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
To weigh down.
n. [ See Wey. ] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Could not weigh of worthiness aright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
To weigh down,
n. (Naut.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase
An expedition was got under weigh from New York. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being weighed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called
n. (Mining) Clay intersecting a vein. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities. [ 1913 Webster ]