weighting ( gh silent)

[Eng. weight; -ing.] Found.: The act of holding down the flasks in which the mold has been made so as to resist the upward pre ure of the metal. IMG:content-0773.png:[blocks in formation] portance. "Will you go To give your censures in this weighty busine ." Shakesp.: Richard III . , ii. 2. 3. Calculated or adapted to turn the scale in the mind; convincing, cogent, forcible. "My reasons are both good and weighty." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, i. 1. 4. Burdensome; hard to bear. "The cares of empire are great, and the burthen, which lies upon the shoulders of princes, very weighty." -Atter bury : Sermons , vol. i., ser. 8. *5. Grave or serious in aspect. *6. Entitled to authority on account of experience, ability, or character. *7. Rigorous, severe. "If, after two days' shine, Athens contains thee, Attend our weightier judgment." Shakesp.: Timon , iii. 5. wēil, wiel, subst. [A. S. wal; O. Dut. wael.] A small whirlpool. ( Scotch.) "Claymores o' the Hie landers, and the deep waters and weils o' the Avendow."-Scott: Rob Roy, ch. xxxv. we in-măn-ně-æ (was v), s. pl . [Mod. Latin weinmann ( ia ) ; Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] Bot.: A tribe of Cunoniaceae (q. v.).