Word Meanings - WEATHERBITTEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge.

• Weatherboard
  That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
• WEATHERBEATEN
  Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. Shak.
• Weather-board
  To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.
• WEATHERBITTEN
  Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge.
• Weatherboarding
  The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
• WEATHERBOUND
  Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
• Weather-bound
  Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
• WEATHERDRIVEN
  Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. Carew.
• Weathercock
  A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
• WEATHERFEND
  To defend from the weather; to shelter. Shak. [We] barked the white spruce to weather-fend the roof. Emerson.
• Weather-driven
  Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
• WEATHERMAP
  A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an extended region. Such maps usually show the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air, the relative humidity, the state of the weather, and the direction
• Weather-fend
  To defend from the weather; to shelter.
• WEATHERSIGNAL
  Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals.

Feed

Terms of Use Privacy policy Contact About Cancellation policy © selfpublishingguru.com2024 All Rights reserved.