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ˈweather-fend, v. trans.
[f. weather n.]
To defend from the weather; to shelter. Also fig. Hence ˈweather-fending ppl. a.
A Shakespearian word echoed by later writers.
1610Shakes. Temp. v. i. 10 In the Line-groue which weather-fends your Cell. 1788Crowe Levesdon Hill 4 This friendly mount, that weather-fends My reed-roof'd cottage. 1800Coleridge Pitt & Buonaparte in Hazlitt Pol. Ess. (1819) 396 A young man,..sheltered and weather-fended from all the elements of experience. 1814Wordsw. Excurs. ii. 420 A penthouse, framed..To weather-fend a little turf-built seat. 1858Emerson Adirondacs 35 We..Barked the white spruce to weatherfend the roof. 1873Ruskin Crown of Wild Olive App. 191 Finding its work prosper, the little medicinal and weather-fending company took vows on itself. |