• A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. • To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. • 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. • To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. • To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. • 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. • To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. • To have weight; to be heavy. • To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. • To bear heavily; to press hard. • To judge; to estimate. • A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.