Weft"age (?), n. Texture. [Obs.] Grew.
We"go*tism (?), n. [From we, in imitation of egotism.] Excessive use of
the pronoun we; — called also weism. [Colloq. or Cant]
{ Wehr"geld` (?), Wehr"gelt` (?), } n. (O. Eng. Law) See Weregild.
Wehr"wolf` (?), n. See Werewolf.
{ Wei"gel*a (?), Wei*ge"li*a (?), } n. [NL. So named after C. E.
Weigel, a German naturalist.] (Bot.) A hardy garden shrub (Diervilla
Japonica) belonging to the Honeysuckle family, with white or red
flowers. It was introduced from China.
Weigh (w), n. (Naut.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase
under weigh.
An expedition was got under weigh from New York.
Thackeray.
The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty
got under weigh.
Jowett (Thucyd.).
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. wägen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel.
vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. väga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. &?;&?;&?;&?;. See Way,
and cf. Wey.]
1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to
weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." Cowper.
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.
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Dan. v. 27.
3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the
heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces." Boyle.