单词 | wind-dial |
释义 | > as lemmaswind-dial wind-dial n. a dial showing the direction of the wind by means of a pointer connected with a wind-vane; also figurative (cf. 16b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-vane or weather-cock > dial connected with wind-dial1706 1706 in J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne (1882) II. 56 The Wind Dial, lately set up at Grigsby's Coffee..House,..being of Constant use to those that are in any wise Concerned in Navigation. 1761 Ld. Hardwicke in Life (1847) III. xiv. 257 A great change was made in the political wind-dial before you left us. < as lemmas |
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