weathering stock) (weTHer in gst ok)

A post to which hawks are leashed in such a manner as to allow them limited exercise. See last quotation under weather, v. t., 1. E'en like the hawk (whose keeper's wary hands Have made a pris'ner to her weath'ring stock ). Quarles, Emblems, V. ix. 5. weatherline (weTH'er-li-nes), n. 1. Wea- the therly character or qualities: qualities: said of ships and boats. To combine the speed of the ordinary type of American sloop with the weatherline of the English cutter. Science, VI. 168. 2. Naut., the state of a ve el as to her capacity to ply speedily and quickly to windward. weatherly (we'er-li), a. [ Notwithstanding her weatherly qualities, the heavy cro sea, as she drove into it, headed her off bodily. M. Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, viii. weather-map (weth'er-map), n. A map showing the temperature, pre ure, wind, weather, and other meteorological elements over an extensive region, compiled from simultaneous observations at a large large number of stations. The pre ure is represented by isobars, the temperature by isotherms, the wind by arrows, and the weather by differently shaded circles or other conventional symbols. Weather-maps, prepared once or twice daily, form the basis upon which every government weather-service fore casts the weather and i ues storın-warnings.