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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.
For I can weather the roughest gale. Longfellow.
You will weather the difficulties yet. F. W. Robertson. 3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. Encyc. Brit.
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.
Weather
(Weath"er), 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.
The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered
from around them. H. Miller. Weather
(Weath"er), 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.
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.
To veer, and tack, and steer a cause
Against the weather gauge of laws. Hudibras. — 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.
Weather-beaten
(Weath"er-beat`en) a. Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the
weather, especially to severe weather. Shak.
Weather-bit
(Weath"er-bit`) n. (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the
bits.
Weatherbit
(Weath"er*bit`), v. t. (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten.
Weather-bitten
(Weath"er-bit`ten) a. Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge.
Weatherboard
(Weath"er*board`) 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.
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.
Weather-board
(Weath"er-board`), v. t. (Arch.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in
order to exclude rain, snow, etc. Gwilt.
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