Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEATH'ER, n. [weth'er; Sax. weder, wæder, or wether; G. wetter; D. weder or weer; Dan. vejr; Sw. väder; Sans. widara, a storm. The primary sense of this word is air, wind or atmosphere; probably the Gr. αιθηρ, whence ether. Properly, the air; hence,]

1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, and the like; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather; calm weather; tempestuous weather; fair weather; cloudy weather; hazy weather, and the like.
2. Change of the state of the air. – Bacon.
3. Storm; tempest. – Dryden. [These last significations are not now in use, unless by a poetic license.] Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.