WEATHERCOCK
\wˈɛðəkˌɒk], \wˈɛðəkˌɒk], \w_ˈɛ_ð_ə_k_ˌɒ_k]\
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To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A vane (often in the form of a cock) to show the direction of the wind: anything turning easily and often.
By Daniel Lyons
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A vane. weathervane.
By James Champlin Fernald
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