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weighing
(encz) | weighing,vážení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Weighing
(gcide) | Weigh \Weigh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weighed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weighing.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear,
move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w[aum]gen, wiegen, to
weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[aum]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See
Way, and cf. Wey.]
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1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." --Cowper.
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2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,
that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center
of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of
matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
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Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting. --Dan. v. 27.
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3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces."
--Boyle.
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4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
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They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
--Zech. xi.
12.
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5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the
mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an
opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate
deliberately and maturely; to balance.
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A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.
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Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own.
--Milton.
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Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only
what is spoken. --Hooker.
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In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.
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Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or
Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak.
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All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser.
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To weigh down.
(a) To overbalance.
(b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To
weigh thy spirits down." --Milton.
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Weighing
(gcide) | Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
a. & n. from Weigh, v.
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Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
conveniently weighed.
Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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weighing
(wn) | weighing
n 1: careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have
deterred them" [syn: deliberation, weighing,
advisement] |
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weighing machine
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Unweighing
(gcide) | Unweighing \Un*weigh"ing\, a.
Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. --Shak.
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Weighing
(gcide) | Weigh \Weigh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weighed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Weighing.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear,
move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w[aum]gen, wiegen, to
weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[aum]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See
Way, and cf. Wey.]
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1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." --Cowper.
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2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,
that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center
of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of
matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
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Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting. --Dan. v. 27.
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3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces."
--Boyle.
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4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
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They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
--Zech. xi.
12.
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5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the
mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an
opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate
deliberately and maturely; to balance.
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A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.
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Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own.
--Milton.
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Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only
what is spoken. --Hooker.
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In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.
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Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or
Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak.
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All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser.
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To weigh down.
(a) To overbalance.
(b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To
weigh thy spirits down." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
a. & n. from Weigh, v.
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Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
conveniently weighed.
Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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Weighing cage
(gcide) | Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
a. & n. from Weigh, v.
[1913 Webster]
Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
conveniently weighed.
Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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Weighing house
(gcide) | Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
a. & n. from Weigh, v.
[1913 Webster]
Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
conveniently weighed.
Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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Weighing machine
(gcide) | Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
a. & n. from Weigh, v.
[1913 Webster]
Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
conveniently weighed.
Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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weighing machine
(wn) | weighing machine
n 1: a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
[syn: scale, weighing machine] |
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