To tack, cruise about.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
A situation.
Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.