Index of English words, starting with "we"

(1) - Weasel (n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.

(1) - Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
(2) - Weather (v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.
(3) - Weather (v. t.) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
(4) - Weather (v. t.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
(5) - Weather (v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
(6) - Weather (v. t.) To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
(7) - Weather (n.) A light rain; a shower.
(8) - Weather (n.) Storm; tempest.
(9) - Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
(10) - Weather (n.) The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.

(1) - Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather.

(1) - Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.