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WEATHER-COCK

Volume 18 · 50 words · 1797 Edition

moveable vane, in form of a cock, or other shape, placed on high, to be turned round according to the direction of the wind, and point out the quarter from whence it blows.

Weather-Glass. See Barometer.

Weathering, among sailors, signifies the doubling or failing by a head-land or other place.