[f. WEATHER v. + -ING2.] That wears away or disintegrates through the action of the weather.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus, 21. Syenite usually does so in our damp climate, from the ‘weathering’ effect of frost and rain.
1860. Tyndall, Glac., I. xxi. 148. The cliffs of the Breithorn are much exposed to weathering action.
1892. in A. E. Lee, Hist. Columbus (Ohio), I. 676. The uses of the clays derived from the weathering shale are only in their infancy as yet.
1912. Hibbert Jrnl., Oct., 206. What we call changing physical objects—weathering hills or ageing suns.
