Meanings
adjectiveself-weighing (not comparable)
- not comparableThat weighs itself, or its load or contents.
a self-weighing suitcase
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It is probable that greater saving than this occurred in day-to-day service where men who were familiar with the Crosti engines did not over-fire them; so far as I know, however, a self-weighing tender has never been attached to one of these 2-10-0s.
1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 425
Origin
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