wear, wearie, wer1, werie, wery

[A. S. wérig =tired; cogn. with Old Sax. wórig = weary, as sidh - wórig =fatigued with a journey; O. H. Ger. wórag. According to Skeat connected with A. S. wórian =to wander, to travel, from wór =a moor or swampy place; hence, the orig. meaning was to tramp over wet or swampy places, the most likely to cause fatigue. Wor is identified by Skeat with wós, wás = ooze; so that wórig = wósig = bedaubed with mire; draggled; cf. Icel. vás =ooze, wetne , toil, fatigue.] 1. Having the strength much exhausted by labor or violent exertion; having the strength, endurance, patience, or the like worn out; tired, fatigued, exhausted. "The weary wanderer sunk to rest." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, vi. i. 2. Impatient of the continuance of something painful, tedious, irksome, or or the like; disgusted, sick. "I am weary of this charge." -Shakesp .: Timon , iii. 4. 3. Causing fatigue or tedium; tiresome, wearisome, irksome. "Their weary hours the warders wore." Scott : Rokeby , v. 3. "The weasel Scot *II. Fig .: A lean, mean, sneaking fellow. Comes sneaking." Shakesp.: Henry V. , i. 2. weasel-coot. 8. [WEASEL, I. (2).] B. As adjective: Nautical : Toward the wind; windward. (Used frequently in composition: as, weather - quarter , weather- gauge , .)