weathered

[Eng. weather; -ed.] I. Ord . Language : Seasoned by exposure to the weather; weather-beaten. II. Technically : 1. Arch .: Applied to surfaces which have a small slope or inclination given to them to prevent water lodging on them, as window-sills, the tops of cla ic cornices, and the upper surface of most flat stonework. "So much of the outer surface as protrudes from the wall is weathered , or sloped off to carry the water away." -Ca ell's Technical Educator, pt. xi., p. 294. 2. Geol.: Altered and more or le decomposed, disintegrated, or decayed through the operation of the weather. weath-er-ing, *wed-er-ynge, subst. [English weather; -ing.] *I. Ord . Long .: Weather. "Which would haue bene, with the weathering which we had, ten or twelve dayes worke." -Hacklunt: Voyages, iii. 515. II. Technically : 1. Arch .: The act of giving an inclination, or the inclination given to a surface so as to enable it to throw off water. 2. Geol .: The disintegration and decay of rocks a ship, impelling her to windward. weather-tiling, s. Build.: Tiling placed in a vertical position on the side of a house.