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† weather-wiser Obs.
[ad. Du. wederwijzer, weerwijzer, f. weder, weer weather n. + wijzer, agent-n. f. wijzen to show; cf. way-wiser.]
An instrument serving to foretell the weather.
1667Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 255 Several Discourses about Thermometers, Hygroscopes, Baroscopes, and other Weather-wisers. 1676Glanvill Ess. iii. 40 He hath there given an account of the defectiveness of common Weather-Glasses,..and Ascent of Water by Cold in the ordinary Weather-wisers. 1708R. Neve Baroscop. 4 By which means it is now become an excellent Weather-wiser, to predict dry and moist Weather. 1787Best Angling (ed. 2) 152 The flowers of pimpernel; the opening and shutting of which..are the countryman's weather-wiser, whereby he tells the weather of the following day. |