Word Confusion: Weather vs Wether vs Whether

Plural for the noun: weathers
Gerund: weathering

Third person present verb: weathers
Past tense or past participle: weathered
Present participle: weathering

Plural: wethers

• The elements
• [Modifier] Denoting the side from which the wind is blowing, especially on board a ship

Verb, intransitive:
Wear away or change the appearance or texture of something by long exposure to the air

• [Of rock or other material) be worn away or altered by long exposure to the air

Verb, transitive:
Wear away or change the appearance or texture of something by long exposure to the air

[Falconry; use weathering] Allow a hawk to spend a period perched on a block in the open air

[Literal; metaphorical] Come safely through a storm

• Withstand a difficulty or danger
• [Sailing; of a ship] Get to the windward of (a cape or other obstacle)

[Architecture] Make boards or tiles overlap downward to keep out rain

• Use boards or tiles to keep out the rain, snow, or wind

[Nautical; of a ship, mariner, etc.] To pass or sail to the windward of something

• Castrated ram or billy goat

Or is usually in there somewhere

Expressing an inquiry or investigation (usually through an indirect question)

Pronoun:
[Archaic] Which or whichever (of two)

Keep a weather eye on that storm coming in.

Those stone walls must provide good shelter from the wind and weather.

If the weather’s good, we can go for a walk.

You’re making heavy weather of digging over the garden, Henry.

No, I’m just feeling under the weather these days.

She remained a good friend in all weathers.

Get to the weather side of the yacht!

Verb, intransitive:
The ice sheet preserves specimens that would weather away more quickly in other regions.

His face was weathered from all the exposure to the elements.

The cliff face was weathered from the wind and waves pounding against it.

Verb, transitive:
This year has tested industry’s ability to weather recession.

Be sure to weather those boards.

She weathered the cape in style.

“Choose a fine-grained leg of wether mutton, of twelve or fourteen pounds weight; cut it ham shape, and let it hang two days” (Eaton).

“Although the initial treatment may be successful, in my experience, if a wether develops stones one time, he will continue to do so” (Smith).

Well, it’s a question of whether or no the storm comes in as expected.

I’ll see whether she’s home (the or not is implied).

Pronoun:
Which one of the two do you like?

I like whichever one of the two you like.