weather side

2. To weather out: To endure; to hold out to the end against. weather-cock, *wed-yr-cok, subst. [English weather, and cock, s.] 1. Lit .: A vane; a weather-vane; a figure placed on the top of a spire, steeple, roof, or the like, which turns with the wind, and shows its direction. So called bocanse the figure of a cock, as an em. Naut.: That side of a ship under sail upon which blem of vigilance, was a favorite form of vane. the wind blows, or which is to windward. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; tions of heat and cold often make rocks brittle. The freezing of water within their interstices also has a destructive effect. When rocks are composed of two or more minerals, which expand differently when heated, and contract differently when they become cold, a powerful destructive agency is established. The carbon dioxide of the air acts on rocks containing lime, and rain and wind remove the bicarbonate. Wind also at times raises sand, which scours the rocks and somewhat wastes them away. ( Lyell .)