Weigh \Weigh\, n. [See Wey.]

A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Weigh \Weigh\ (w[=a]), 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.).

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Weigh \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. w["a]gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v["a]ga 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.

4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. --Zech. xi. 12.

5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.

A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.

Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. --Milton.

Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. --Hooker.

In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.

Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir W. Scott.

6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or Archaic] ``I weigh not you.'' --Shak.

All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser.

To weigh down.
   (a) To overbalance.
   (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. ``To weigh thy spirits down.'' --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Weigh \Weigh\, v. i.

1. To have weight; to be heavy. ``They only weigh the heavier.'' --Cowper.

2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. --Shak.

This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. --Locke.

3. To bear heavily; to press hard.

Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. --Shak.

4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]

Could not weigh of worthiness aright. --Spenser.

To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)