weary(1) (iou) and Folsom complex (sh)

weary(1) (iou)

weary adjective & adverb.

A. adjective.
I.
Suffering from loss of strength and need for rest as a result of continued exertion or endurance; tired, fatigued, now esp. intensely so; expressing extreme tiredness or fatigue. OE.
weary Willie [see TIRED Tim] a tramp, a work-shy person.
O. Manning The weary faces of Other passengers. I. Murdoch We are both weary, we have not the energy for real communication.
Depressed, dispirited. (Foll. by of, with.) OE.
Shakespeare Macbeth So weary with disasters, tugg'd with fortune.
Dismayed at the continued presence or recurrence of a thing; exhausted in patience with. Formerly also foll. by in, to do. ME.
J. B. Priestley She was weary of stopping to ask the way. A. P. Herbert Weary we are of blood and noise and pain.
Of a person: frail, sickly. Scot. & dial. LME.
II.
Fatiguing, exhausting. Now passing into sense 6. ME.
R. Kipling Now we have walked a weary way.
Irksome, wearisome, tedious. LME.
A. Uttley So the weary time dragged on.
a. Sad, sorrowful. Scot. & north. E18.
b. Vexatious, irritating. Scot. & north. L18.
b. adverb. Extremely, very. Scot. & dial. OE.
wearily adverb LME.
weariness noun (a) the state or condition of being weary; (b) a thing that produces this, a cause of tiredness or fatigue: OE.
wearyish adjective (rare) wearisome E17-E18.

Folsom complex (sh)

Prehistoric culture of North America on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that is known from stone tools.

It is characterized by leaf-shaped flint projectile points having a concave base with side projections and a longitudinal groove on each face. The complex was first identified at Folsom, N.M., U.S. It includes a variety of scrapers, knives, and blades and is generally dated to 8000-9000 BC. Like the earlier Clovis complex, it is considered to be part of a Paleo-Indian big-game hunting tradition.

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