intransitive. Nautical. Chiefly of a vessel: to escape destruction; to remain afloat. Now rare.

transitive. To endure (adverse conditions, pressure, etc.) successfully, to survive; spec. (of a ship) to survive (a gale, storm, etc.) without…

Phrases. Nautical. Of a ship, to make good, bad,etc. weather of it: to behave well or ill in a storm.

Nautical. intransitive. Of a ship: to cruise; to sail to and fro. Also: spec. to strive against contrary winds or currents at sea; to beat to…

Nautical. transitive. to busk it out: to weather a storm by tacking about. Obsolete. rare.