[f. WEIR sb.] trans. To provide with a weir. Chiefly in pa. pple.
1610. R. Vaughan, Water-Workes, G 2 b. The Riuer of Wie … was … so Weared & fortified, as if the Salmons therein … had been forbidden their vsuall walkes.
1794–. [see WEIRING vbl. sb.].
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Weer, to make a protection of a bank.
1904. Benj. Hobbis, in Times, 13 Feb., 13/6. Before the main channel was locked and weired for navigation.
