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Found 3 hits - Term: weathered, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
weather \weath"er\, v. t. imp.  p. p. weathered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. weathering.
   1913 webster
   1. to expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
      air.
      1913 webster

            an eagle soaring through his wide empire of the
            air
            to weather his broad sails.           --spenser.
      1913 webster

            this gear lacks weathering.           --latimer.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            for i can weather the roughest gale.  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

            you will weather the difficulties yet. --f. w.
                                                  robertson.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. to sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather
      a cape; to weather another ship.
      1913 webster

   4. falconry to place a hawk unhooded in the open air.
      --encyc. brit.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
weathered weathering to weather a point to weather out 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
weathered \weath"ered\, a.
   1. arch. made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a
      weathered cornice or window sill.
      1913 webster

   2. geol. having the surface altered in color, texture, or
      composition, or the edges rounded off by exposure to the
      elements.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
weathered
     adj : worn by exposure to the weather; "a house of weathered
           shingles" syn: weather-beaten, weatherworn
see also:
weather-beaten weatherworn 

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