WEIGH

weigh. Weigh, [way] v. to try the weight, consider, examin, judge, heave up

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Weigh (wā), n. (Naut.) 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.).