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weathered 
said sometimes of surfaces of wood, but oftener 
of stones or rocks. Trees which show signs of having 
suffered from exposure to the weather, as many uld ones 
do, are sometimes said to be weather-beaten, but rarely, if 
ever, to be weathered. See weatherimj, % 
The bands of stratiBcation . . . can be distinguished 
in many places, especially in Navarin Island, but only on 
the wtathered surfaces of the slate. 
Darwin, Geol. Observations, ii. 448. 
The force of the wind is such as actually to loosen the 
weathered parts of the rock and dislodge them. 
Geikie, Geol. Sketches, ii. 
2. Seasoned by exposure to the air or the wea- 
ther. — 3. In arch., haviuga slope or inclination 
to prevent the lodgment of water: noting sur- 
faces approximately or theoretically horizon- 
tal, as those of window-sills, the tops of cor- 
nices, and the upper surface of flat stone-work. 
weather-eye (weTH'er-i), «. The eye imagined 
to be specially used for the purpose of observ- 
ing the sky in order to forecast the weather. — 
To keep one's weather-eye open or awake, to be on 
one's guard ; have one's wits about one. (CoUoq.] 
Keep your weather eye awake, and don't make any more 
acquaintances, however handsome. 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, ii. R. 
weather-fend (weTs'er-fend), v. t. [< weather 
-l-/e)irfi.] To shelter; defend from the wea- 
ther. [Rare.] 
The line-grove which weather -f ends your cell. 
Shak., Tempest, v. 1. 10. 
weather-fish (weTH'^r-fish), n. The mud-fish, 
thundcr-tish, or misgurn of Europe, ilisgtirnm 
fossilis: regarded as a weather-prophet because 
it is supposed to come out of the mud, in which 
it habitually burrows, before a stoi-m. 
weather-gage (weTH'er-gaj),n. l. Naut.,\.he 
advantage of the wind; the position of a shii: 
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of rock-surfaces is discoloration. This arises in part from 
dust or dirt finding its way into the Assures, and is most 
quickly seen in laige cities where much coal is burned. 
Discoloration often arises from the oxidation of some sul- 
phur compound which the rock contains, and especially 
of iron pyrites, which is a widely disseminated mineral. 
Another very perceptible effect of weathering is the loss 
of the luster which many rock-constituents naturally 
have. This is particularly conspicuous in the case of feld- 
spar, and is the result of incipient decomposition and hy- 
dration. Rounding of the edges of angular projections of 
the rock, or of its constituents, is another result of wea- 
thering, the decomposed nunerals being more easily re- 
moved by the action of water than they were before de- 
composition. Weathering is a preliminary to erosion, but 
the rapidity with which these operations are caiTied on 
varies greatly with the nature of the rock and the climatic 
and other conditions to which it is subjected. 
weather-symbol 
2. Anything in nature which serves as an in- 
dicator of weather changes, as a bird whose 
regular periodicity of migration or suddenness 
of appearance may indicate meteorological 
changes inappreciable by man. 
Swallows have long been held for weather-prophets, and 
with reason enough in the (|Uick response of their organi- 
zation to the influence of atmospheric changes. 
Coneg, Birds of the Colorado Valley (1878), I. 372. 
3. A device for foretelling changes in the 
weather, in most forms materials are employed which 
are so affected by dampness as to move some indicator, 
as a pair of figures, of which one appears or advances in 
dry and the other in wet weather. Other forms employ 
materials which change color according to the state of 
-., , ., r . , * . , the atmosphere. Compare weather-box. 
Many of them [nodules of various kmds) are, also, exter- -weather-renort CweTH'pr-rp-nm-t"! » A dailv 
nally marked in the same direction with parallel ridges wediner repop (,weiH ei-re-poic ), tl. A Qaily 
andfurrows.whichhavenotbeenproducedbywea^Aertn.v- report ot meteorological observations and of 
Daricin, Geol. Observations, i. 78. probable changes in the weather, especially 
3. In arch., a slight inclination given to an o^i" issued by a weather-service. [Colloq.] 
approximately horizontal surface to enable it weather-roll (weTH'er-rol), n. The roll of a 
to throw off water. ^^h> to windward, in a heavy sea on the beam : 
weathering-stockt (weTH'er-ing-stok), n. A opposed to lee lurch. 
post to which hawks are leashed in such a man- weather-service (weTH'er-ser"vis), n. An in- 
ner as to allow them limited exercise. See last stitution organized for taking meteorological 
fiuotation under weather, v. t., 1. 
E'en like the hawk (whose keeper's wary hands 
Have made a pris'ner to her weath'ring stock). 
Quarles, Emblems, V. ix. 5. 
Weatherliness (weTH'er-li-nes), w. l. Wea- 
therly character or qualities: said of ships and 
boats. 
To combine the speed of the ordinary type of American 
sloop with the weatherliness of the English cutter. 
Science, VI. 168. 
2. Xaiit., the state of a vessel as to her capa- 
city to ply speedily and quickly to windward. 
when she is to windward of another ship : op- weatherly (weTH'^r-li), a. [< weather + -lyl.^ 
' ■ ■ yaul., making very little leeway when close- 
hauled, even in a stiff breeze and heavy sea: 
noting a ship or boat. 
Notwithstanding her weatherly tinalities, the heavy 
cross sea, as she drove into it, beaded her oft bodily. 
M. .Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, viii. 
weather-map (weTu'er-map), «. A map show 
posed to lee-gage. 
A ship is said to have the weather-gaffe of another when 
she ia at the windward of her. Admiral Smyth. 
Advantage of position ; the upper 
Hence — 2 
hand. 
Were the line 
Of Rokeby once combined with mine, 
I gain the weather-gage of fate ! 
Scott, Eokehy, vl. 24. 
To dispute the weatber-gs^e. See dispute. 
weather-gall (weTH'6r-gal), ». Same as water- 
gall, 2. 
weather-glass (we?H'fer-glas), n. [= D. weer- 
glas = Sw. vdderglas = Dan. reirglas, barome- 
ter; as weather + glas.i.'] An instrument de- 
signed to indicate the state of the atmosphere. 
This word is commonly applied to the barometer, but also 
to other instruments for measuring atmospheric changes 
and indicating the state of the weather, as the thermom. 
eter and various kinds of hygrosco|>e8. 
The King of Spain's health is the Weather-glasn upon 
which all our politicians look ; as that rises or falls, we 
look pleasant or uneasy. 
Prior (Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 26.'>). 
See shep- 
observations in accordance with a systematic 
plan, and for utilizing the data thus collected 
by forecasting the weather, issuing warnings 
of storms and floods, publishing cliraatological 
tables, distributing infoi-mation as to the effect 
of the weather on growing crops, and by allied 
services. AH the principal governments of the world 
now maintain a weather.service, upon which a part or 
all of these iluties are imposed. In the United States an 
annual appropriation of nearly a million dollars is made 
to the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture, 
which is charged with performing these services. In 
addition to the Weather Bureau, and cooperating with it. 
there is organize<l in nearly every State a State weather- 
service, composed of voluntary observers whose work is 
directed toward giving information upon tile condition 
of the crops as affected by the weather, and in general 
toward extending knowledge of local climatology. 
weather-shore (weTu'er-shor), n. The shore 
from whicli the wind blows. 
[The windl set so violently as rais'd on the sudden so 
greate a sea that we could not recover the weather-shore 
for many lloures. Emlyn, Diary, Oct- 11, 1644. 
ing the temperature, pressure, wind, weather, weather-sign (weTH'er-sin), ii. Any phenome- 
Bbepherd's or poor man's weather-glass. 
herd. 
weather-gleam (weTH'er-glem), «. A peculiar 
appearance of clear sky near the horizon. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
You have marked the lightning of the sky Just above 
the horizon when clouds are about to break upand disap Weather-plant (weTH cr-plant), ». 
Whatever name you gave it, you would hardly in: 
and other meteorological elements over an ex- 
tensive region, compiled from simultaneous ob- 
servations at a large number of stations. The 
pressure is represented by isobars, the temperature by 
isotherms, the wind by arrows, and the weather by dif- 
ferently sha<led circles or other conventional symbols. 
Weather-maps, prepared once or twice daily, form the 
basis upon which every government weather-service fore- 
casts the weather and issues storm-warnings. 
weather-molding(weTH'er-m61"ding), n. Same 
as (Irijistonc. 1. 
weathermost (weTH'er-most), a. superl. [< 
wciittier + -most.'] Furthest to windward. 
weather-notation (weTH'er-no-ta"shon), 11. A 
sj'stem of abbreviation for the principal me- 
teorological phenomena. Beaufort's weather-nota- 
tion, which is used in Great Britain, is as follows: b, blue 
sky, whether clear or hazy ; c, clouds (detached) : d, driz- 
zling rain ; /, fog ; g, very gloomy ; h, hail ; I, lightning ; 
m, mist ; o, overcast : p, passing, temporary showers ; q, 
squally ; r, rain ; i, snow ; /, thunder ; v, ugly, tlireaten- 
ilig weather ; w, dew. 
The Indian 
non or sensation indicating state or change of 
weather; hence, generally, any prognostic or 
sign. 
I am not old for nothing ; I can tell 
The wenther-signs of love ; you love this man. 
Mrs, Browning, Aurora Leigh, ii. 
weather-spy (weTu'er-spi), n. One who fore- 
tells the weather; a weather-prophet. Donne. 
[Rare.] 
weather-stain (weTH'er-stan), n. [< weather 
+ stain.'] A stain or discoloration left or pro- 
duced by the weather or by weathering. 
Walls must get the weather-stain 
Before they grow the ivy. 
-Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, viii. 
He . , . felt that the shape and colour of every roof 
and weather-stain and broken hillock was good, because 
his growing senses had been fed on them. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, iii. 9. 
With weather-stains upon the wall, 
And .stairways worn, ami crazy doors. 
Longfellow, Wayside Inn, Prelude. 
pear. 
prove on that of the weather-gleam, which In some of our 
dialects it l^ears. Trench. (Imp. Diet.) 
weather-hardened (weTH'^r-hitr'dnd), a. 
Hardened by the weather; weather-beaten. 
A countenance which, weather-hardened as it was, might 
have given the painter a model for a Patriarch. 
Southey, The Doctor, ix. 
weather-head (weTir'er-hed), n. l. A sec- 
ondary rainbow. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] — 2. 
Stripes of cirrus cloud. [Scotch.] 
weather-headedt (weTii'tr-hed'ed), a. Same 
as wether-headed. 
Sir, Is this usage for your son'/ — for that old weather- 
headed fool, I know how to laugh at him ; Itut yon. Sir - 
Congreve, Love for L^jve, ii. 7. (Daeies.) 
weather-honse (weTH'er-hous), n. Same as 
weather-hox. C'owper, Task, i. 211. 
weathering (weTH'er-ing), n. [<ME. tcederijng ; 
verbal n. of weather, r.j If. Weather, espe- 
cially favorable or fair weather. 
For alle trewe shipmen, and trewe pilgrymes, yat Godd 
for his grace yeue hem wederyng and i>iissage, yat yei 
mowen sauely commen and gone. 
English Gilds (K E. T. S.), p. 2.i. 
Which would haue bene, with the weathering which we 
had, ten or twelve dayes worke. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, III. 516. 
2. In gent., etc., the action of the elements in 
changing the color, texture, or composition of 
rock, in rounding off its edges, or gradually 
disintegrating it. The first effect of the weathering 
licorice, Abrus prccalorius: so named in view of weather-stained (weTH'er-stand), a. Stained 
an alleged property of indicating the weather in or discolored by the weather. See iccathering, 2. 
^^^'^T^' ■ " '•''• * ™"',"'<'" ti-opical twining shrub (see a ,o,„b somewhat weather-stained. Longfellow. 
Abrus\ having pinnate leaves with from 20 to 40 small . ^i'n.jj^ii.mn. 
leaflets. Recent careful observations show that the pairs WCather-Statlon (weTH'6r-sta"shon), tl. A sta- 
of leaflets fold together more or less as the light Is stronger tion where daily meteorological observations 
or weaker, the movement being less vigorous In a moister ^re made and reported to a central office ; one 
of the stations of a weather-service. 
A slender 
atmosphere; that a certain wrinkling of the surface co- 
exists with a coloring of the mjirgln likely to be due to the 
attacksof an insect; and that the movement of the rachia, WeathCT-Strip (weTH'^r-strip), 
supposed to be barometric, is a diurnal oscillation which 
varies In extent with the amount of light. 'ITie tempera- 
ture also affects the freedom of those motions. These 
characteristics are all paralleled in other plants, espe- 
cially of the Leguminospe. As a means of forecasting, the 
plant is not likely to be of practical worth, 
weather-proof (weTH'6r-pr6f), a. Proof against 
rough weather. 
Lord, thrui bast given me a cell 
Wherein to dwell, 
A little house, whose humble roof 
Is weather-proof. 
Ilerrick, A Thanksgiving to God for his House. 
There were only ten persons at the conference meet- 
ing last night, and seven of them were women ; he won- 
ders how many icertf/tcr-^vroo/ Christians there are in the 
parish. C- D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 72. 
Weather-prophetCweTH'^r-piofet), n. [=Dan. 
reir-profet ; a.ii weather + prophet.] 1. One who 
foretells weather ; one skilled in foreseeing the 
changes or state of the weather. [Colloq.] 
Who that has read (Jreek does not know the humour 
with which the meteorological theories of the Athenian 
weather-prophets are ridiculed by Aristophanes in "The 
Clouds"? R. H Scott, in Modern Meteorology, p. 166. 
strip of some material intended to keep out wind 
and cold; originally, a strip of wood covered 
with soft material, as list or cloth ; specifically, 
a contrivance by which a strip of india-rubber 
is adjusted closely to the apertures of a door or 
window, or its frame or jamb, covering the cre- 
vice very tightly: it is generally a wooden mold- 
ing into which a thin strip of rubber is fitted. 
weather-strip (weTH'er-strip), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. wcather-strij)ped,]^\n: weather-stripping. To 
apply weather-strips to ; fit or secure witli wea- 
ther-strips. 
weather-symbol (weTU'er-sim'bol), n. A con- 
ventional sign used in meteorological records, 
or in published meteorological observations 
or weather-maps, to represent graphically any 
designated phenomenon. The following symbols 
have been adopted by the International .Meteorological 
Congress to represent the principal hydronietcors and a 
few other phenomena. Rain, • ; snow. -Sf ; thunderstorm, 
r? ; lightning, i; hail, 1; mi-st. =; frost, Jl; dew, a; 
snowdrift, 4- ; high wind, \ ; solar corona, ® : solar halo, 
Q) ; lunar ctuona, (j ; lunar halo, tU ; rainbow, -. ; aurora, 
>i< ; haze, dust haze, tx>. 
