weathered, ppl. a.
(ˈwɛðəd)
[f. weather v. + -ed1.]
1. Worn, stained, or seasoned by the weather or by atmospheric influences. Also weathered out. Chiefly Geol. (See weather v. 2 a, b.)
| 1789 J. Williams Min. Kingd. I. 420 This weathered or dissolved copper is found in many places in the state of an ochre or of a loose powder. 1820 Edin. Philos. Jrnl. III. 185 The weathered surface of several specimens of calcareous sandstone. 1827 Carlyle Germ. Rom. IV. 212 The weathered aspect of the towers. 1843 Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. i. vii. §26, I have never yet seen any restoration or cleaned portion of a building whose effect was not inferior to the weathered parts. 1854 Hooker Himal. Jrnls. I. xi. 254 The weathered surface of each block was black. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. vii. 54 The weathered ice of the surface..could be cloven with great facility. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 230/1 Practice enables a geologist to discriminate some rocks by the feel of their weathered or fresh surfaces. 1906 Cornish N. & Q. Ser. i. 235 A collection of weathered-out crystals of felspar. 1914 Moir in Man XIV. 180 What we have regarded as deep striæ caused by immense pressure are in all probability simply weathered out shattered scratches. |
2. Of a crop of grain or hay: Deteriorated by too long exposure to the elements.
| 1875 Ure's Dict. Arts III. 185 Weathered barley has a dull and often a dirty appearance. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Weathered, damaged, but not spoilt, by too long exposure to weather—wet and bad harvesting weather: said of hay or corn. 1892 Daily Chron. 6 Sept. 3/5 Barley is particularly liable to become ‘weathered’ and unfit for malting. |
3. Arch. Made sloping, so as to prevent the lodgement of water; furnished with a weathering or water-table.
| 1840 Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 2/1 Two octagonal turrets..strengthened by massive double buttresses in three stages, the lower part terminating in weathered canopies, the middle having weathered offsets. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. II. 294/1 Copings are worked with..an inclined or ‘weathered’ upper surface. |