\Weight\, v. t. (Dyeing)
To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight,
etc.

\Weight\, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D.
gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt.
See {Weigh}, v. t.]
1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by
   which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect
   of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain
   units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
Note: Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of
      gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the
      influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure
      of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all
      the forces exerted by gravity upon the different
      particles of the body, it is proportional to the
      quantity of matter in the body.
2. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the
   center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated
   by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to
   some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight
   of five hundred pounds.
         For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on
         ringing, with his own weight goes.    --Shak.
3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or
   business. ``The weight of this said time.'' --Shak.
         For the public all this weight he bears. --Milton.
         [He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.
                                               --Keble.
4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence;
   moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast
   weight.
         In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.
                                               --Shak.
5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of
   estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight;
   apothecaries' weight.
6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a
   paper weight.
         A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.
                                               --Bacon.
7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to
   be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as,
   an ounce weight.
8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as
   opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.]
{Atomic weight}. (Chem.) See under {Atomic}, and cf.
   {Element}.
{Dead weight}, {Feather weight}, {Heavy weight}, {Light
weight}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Feather}, etc.
{Weight of observation} (Astron. & Physics), a number
   expressing the most probable relative value of each
   observation in determining the result of a series of
   observations of the same kind.
Syn: Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden;
     load; importance; power; influence; efficacy;
     consequence; moment; impressiveness.

\Weight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Weighting}.]
1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make
   heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a
   jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
         The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.
                                               --Coleridge.
2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a
   number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See
   {Weight of observations}, under {Weight}.