\Weigh\ (w[=a]), n. (Naut.)
A corruption of {Way}, used only in the phrase {under weigh}.

      An expedition was got under weigh from New York.
                                               --Thackeray.

      The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with
      considerable difficulty got under weigh. --Jowett
                                               (Thucyd.).

\Weigh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Weighing}.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear,
move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w["a]gen, wiegen, to
weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v["a]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See
{Way}, and cf. {Wey}.]
1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
   as, to weigh anchor. ``Weigh the vessel up.'' --Cowper.

2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,
   that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center
   of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of
   matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.

         Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
         wanting.                              --Dan. v. 27.

3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
   the heaviness of. ``A body weighing divers ounces.''
   --Boyle.

4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

         They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
                                               --Zech. xi.
                                               12.

5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the
   mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an
   opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate
   deliberately and maturely; to balance.

         A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.

         Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope
         with, or his own.                     --Milton.

         Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only
         what is spoken.                       --Hooker.

         In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.

         Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir
                                               W. Scott.

6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or
   Archaic] ``I weigh not you.'' --Shak.

         All that she so dear did weigh.       --Spenser.

{To weigh down}.
   (a) To overbalance.
   (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress.
       ``To weigh thy spirits down.'' --Milton.

\Weigh\, v. i.
1. To have weight; to be heavy. ``They only weigh the
   heavier.'' --Cowper.

2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the
   intellectual balance.

         Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.
                                               --Shak.

         This objection ought to weigh with those whose
         reading is designed for much talk and little
         knowledge.                            --Locke.

3. To bear heavily; to press hard.

         Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
         Which weighs upon the heart.          --Shak.

4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]

         Could not weigh of worthiness aright. --Spenser.

{To weigh down}, to sink by its own weight.

\Weigh\, n. [See {Wey}.]
A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of
weight. See {Wey}.