Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEIGH-ED, pp.

1. Examined by the scales; having the weight ascertained.
2. Considered.
3. adj. Experienced; as, a young man not weighed in state affairs. [Not in use.] Bacon.

WEIGH-ER, n.

1. One who weighs.
2. An officer whose duty is to weigh commodities.

WEIGH-ING, n.

1. The act of ascertaining weight.
2. As much as is weighed at once; as, a weighing of beef.

WEIGH-ING, ppr.

Examining by scales; considering.

WEIGH-ING-CAGE, n.

A cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed. Cyc.

WEIGH-ING-HOUSE, n.

A building furnished with a dock and other conveniences for weighing commodities and ascertaining the tunnage of boats to be used on a canal. Cyc.

WEIGH-ING-MA-CHINE, n.

1. A machine for weighing heavy bodies, and particularly wheel carriages, at turnpike gates. Cyc. England.
2. A machine for weighing cattle.

WEIGHT, n. wate. [Sax. wiht; Sw. vigt; Ger. gewicht. See Weigh.]

1. The quantity of a body, ascertained by the balance; in a philosophical sense, that quality of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth in a line perpendicular to its surface. In short, weight is gravity, and the weight of a particular body is the amount of its gravity, or of the force with which it tends to the center. The weight of a body is in direct proportion to its quantity of matter. Newton.
2. A mass of iron, lead, brass or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, a weight of an ounce, a pound, a quarter of a hundred, &c. The weights of nations are different, except those of England and the United States, which are the same.
3. A ponderous mass; something heavy. A man leaps better with weights in his hands. Bacon.
4. Pressure; burden; as, the weight of grief; weight of care; weight of business; weight of government.
5. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, an argument of great weight; a consideration of vast weight. The dignity of a man's character adds weight to his words.

WEIGHT-I-LY, adv.

1. Heavily; ponderously.
2. With force or impressiveness; with moral power.

WEIGHT-I-NESS, n.

1. Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness.
2. Solidity; force; impressiveness; power of convincing; as, the weightiness of an argument. Locke.
3. Importance. Hayward.

WEIGHT-LESS, a.

Having no weight; light. Dryden.

WEIGHT-Y, a.

1. Having great weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
2. Important; forcible; momentous; adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; as, weighty reasons; weighty matters; weighty considerations or arguments. Shak.
3. Rigorous; severe; as, our weightier judgment. [Not in use.] Shak.

WEIRD, a.

Skilled in witchcraft. [Not in use.] Shak.

WEIRD, n.

A spell or charm. W. Scott.

WEIVE,

for Waive. [Not in use.] Gower.

WEL-A-WAY,

an exclamation expressive of grief or sorrow, equivalent to alas. It is a compound of Sax. wa, wo, and la, oh. The original is we-la, which is doubtless the origin of our common exclamation, O la, and to this, wa, wo, is added. The true orthography would be wa la wa. But the word is, I believe, wholly obsolete.

WEL'COME,

is used elliptically for you are welcome. Welcome, great monarch, to your own. Dryden. Welcome to our house, an herb.

WEL'COME, a. [Sax. wil-cuma; well and come; that is, your coming is pleasing to me.]

1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment and company; as, a welcome guest.
2. Grateful; pleasing; as, a welcome present; welcome news.
3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously. You are welcome to the use of my library. To bid welcome, to receive with professions of kindness. Bacon.

WEL'COME, n.

1. Salutation of a new comer. Welcome ever smiles. Shak.
2. Kind reception of a guest or new comer. We entered the house and found a ready welcome.

WEL'COME, v.t. [Sax. wilcumian.]

To salute a new comer with kindness; or to receive and entertain hospitably, gratuitously and cheerfully. Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too. South. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long. Milton.

WEL'COM-ED, pp.

Received with gladness and kindness.

WELCOME-LY, adv.

in a welcome manner. Brown.

WELCOME-NESS, n.

Gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception. Boyle.

WEL'COM-ER, n.

One who salutes or receives kindly a new comer. Shak.

WEL'COM-ING, ppr.

Saluting or receiving with kindness a new comer or guest.