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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weather \Weath"er\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Weathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weathering}.]
1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails. --Spenser.
This gear lacks weathering. --Latimer.
2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
For I can weather the roughest gale. --Longfellow.
You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W. Robertson.
3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. --Encyc. Brit.
{To weather a point}. (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition.
{To weather out}, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weathering \Weath"er*ing\, noun (Geol.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
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