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Weathercock: Definition and part of speech

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Weathercock

  1. v. t. To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
  2. n. A vane, or weather vane; — so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
  3. n. Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weatherglass: Definition and part of speech

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Weatherglass

  1. n. An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weatherboard: Definition and part of speech

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Weatherboard

  1. n. A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
  2. n. That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
  3. n. A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.
  4. n. A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weather-board: Definition and part of speech

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Weather-board

  1. v. t. To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Weatherboarding: Definition and part of speech

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Weatherboarding

  1. n. Boards adapted or intended for such use.
  2. n. The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.