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weatherglass

NOUN
  1. a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure

How To Use weatherglass In A Sentence

  • If a bed-ridden meteorologist is told that it rains, he may or he may not receive the fact from the force of testimony; but he will certainly be more prëdisposed to receive it, if he finds that his weatherglass is falling rather than rising. Probabilities : An aid to Faith
  • The still air was being stirred now by a strangely warm wind and every look at the weatherglass confirmed that the mercury shrank inside its four-foot tube. Sharpe's Siege
  • As the weatherglass of economy, stock market rise bears internal regular rules. Undefined
  • These close up in strong sunshine, and give the plant its other names of poor man's weatherglass and shepherd's sundial. Times, Sunday Times
  • A novel is like a weatherglass, -- where the man appears out at one time, the woman at another. Paul Clifford — Volume 06
  • It also closes when it rains, so it was widely known as the shepherd's weatherglass. Times, Sunday Times
  • Other rural names such as poor man's weatherglass allude to the alacrity with which it closes before rain. Times, Sunday Times
  • Madame Fosco was alone in the hall looking at the weatherglass. The Woman in White
  • Lord M. and I met with considerable feeling on both sides, and all our feuds were forgotten and forgiven; I conclude so at least, because one or two people, whom I know to be sharp observers of the weatherglass on occasion of such squalls, have been earnest with me to meet Lord M. at parties -- which I am well assured they would not have been (had I been The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
  • And out toward the old Ice House (now the Art Barn) are the rocks with the best view of the pounding surf and small clots of scarlet pimpernel tucked in, operating as the "poor man's weatherglass". UUpdates - All updates
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