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Weighty: Definition and part of speech

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Weighty

  1. superl. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
  2. superl. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
  3. superl. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weighmaster: Definition and part of speech

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Weighmaster

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weight: Definition and part of speech

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Weight

  1. v. t. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
  2. v. t. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
  3. v. t. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.
  4. v. t. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
  5. v. t. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
  6. v. t. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries’ weight.
  7. v. t. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
  8. v. t. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weighbeam: Definition and part of speech

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Weighbeam

  1. n. A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; — also called weighmaster’s beam.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.