Definition of Weepeng
Weep"ing, n. The act of one who weeps;
lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Weep"ing, a. 1.
Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes."
I. Watts.
2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or
very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds."
Mortimer.
3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of
trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who
weep.
Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the
highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by
the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or
penitence. -- Weeping rock, a porous rock from
which water gradually issues. -- Weeping sinew,
a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2.
[Colloq.] -- Weeping spring, a spring that discharges
water slowly. -- Weeping willow (Bot.), a
species of willow (Salix Babylonica) whose branches grow very long
and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.
Weep"ing, n. The act of one who weeps;
lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Weep"ing, a. 1.
Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes."
I. Watts.
2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or
very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds."
Mortimer.
3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of
trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who
weep.
Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the
highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by
the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or
penitence. -- Weeping rock, a porous rock from
which water gradually issues. -- Weeping sinew,
a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2.
[Colloq.] -- Weeping spring, a spring that discharges
water slowly. -- Weeping willow (Bot.), a
species of willow (Salix Babylonica) whose branches grow very long
and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Present participle of to weep.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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