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Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. Boyle.

A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. Spenser .

Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten.

state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.

n estate. Secure arms (Mil.), a command and a position in the manual of arms, used in wet weather, the object being to guard the firearm from becoming wet. The piece is turned with the barrel to the front and grasped by the right hand at the lewer band, the muzzle is dropped to the front, and the piece held with the gu…

entry box, a small house or box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.

like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving. To serve an attachment or a writ of attachment (Law), to levy it on the person or goods by seizure, or to seize. -- To serve an execution (Law), to levy it on a lands, goods, or person, by seizure or t…

oth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.

ry trying to the feelings; pierching; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak. The morning sharp and clear. Cowper. In sharpest perils faithful proved. Keble.

Sunshine; fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden.

with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines. [Written also shode.]

The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

al conditions, upon comparison of which at the central office, predictions concerning the weather are telegraphed to various sections, where they are made known by signals publicly displayed. -- Signal station, the place where a signal is displayed; specifically, an observation office of the signal service.…

e made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

An interval of fair weather.

Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.

A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap. Lowell.

To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity. They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. Addison.

e of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.

othing new hass happened in this quarter, except the setting in of a severe spell of cold weather. Washington.