Weath"er*cock` (?), n. 1.
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. "As a wedercok that turneth his face with
every wind." Chaucer.
Noisy weathercocks rattled and sang of
mutation.
Longfellow.
2. Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and
frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle,
inconstant person.
Weath"er*cock`, v. t. To supply with a
weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the
spire.
Tennyson.
Weath"er*cock` (?), n. 1.
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. "As a wedercok that turneth his face with
every wind." Chaucer.
Noisy weathercocks rattled and sang of
mutation.
Longfellow.
2. Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and
frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle,
inconstant person.
Weath"er*cock`, v. t. To supply with a
weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the
spire.
Tennyson.
