weight
noun
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Again the rows of bracelets were weighting her slim arms.
From The Medici Boots by Pearl Norton Swet