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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.).

A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.

Capable of being weighed.

A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. Bouvier.

A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

Clay intersecting a vein. Weale.

A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

One who weighs; specifically, an officer whose duty it is to weigh commodities.

a. & n. from Weigh, v. Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be conveniently weighed. -- Weighing house. See Weigh-house. -- Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.

A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.

One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.

xpressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds. For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes. Shak.

In a weighty manner.

The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. Shak.

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.

Over weight. Swift.

Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight.

A counterpoise.