Weigh

Weigh. wā, v.t. to compare by the balance: to find the heaviness of: to be equal to in heaviness: to bear up, to raise, esp. a ship's anchor: to ponder in the mind: to consider worthy of notice.—v.i. to have weight: to be considered of importance: to press heavily: to weigh anchor, get under sail.—adj. Weigh′able, capable of being weighed.—ns. Weigh′age, rate paid for the weighing of goods; Weigh′-bauk (Scot.), the beam of a balance: (pl.) a pair of scales; Weigh′-board (same as Way-board); Weigh′-bridge, a machine for weighing carts with their loads.—p.adj. Weighed (Bacon), experienced.—ns. Weigh′er, an officer who weighs articles or tests weights; Weigh′-house, a public building for weighing goods, ascertaining the tonnage of boats, &c.; Weigh′ing; Weigh′ing-cage, a cage in which live animals are weighed; Weigh′ing-machine′, a machine or apparatus for weighing heavy goods; Weight, the heaviness of a thing when weighed, or the amount which anything weighs: the force with which a body is attracted to the earth, measured by the mass into the acceleration: a mass of metal adjusted to a standard and used for finding weight: anything heavy: a ponderous mass: pressure: importance: power: impressiveness: in mining, subsidence of the roof due to overhead pressure, also called Weigh′ting.—v.t. to make more heavy.—adv. Weigh′tily.—n. Weigh′tiness.—adjs. Weight′less; Weigh′ty.—Weigh down, to depress: (Shak.) to preponderate over; Weigh in, to ascertain one's weight before a contest, as a horse-race; Weight of metal, total weight of iron thrown at one discharge from a ship's guns.—Dead weight (see Dead). [A.S. wegan, to carry; Ger. wiegen; L. vehĕre, to carry.]