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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. veh[)e]re, to carry.]