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11weathercock — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. girouette, weather vane; opportunist. See changeableness …
12weathercock — weath|er|cock [ˈweðəkɔk US ərka:k] n a ↑weather vane in the shape of a male chicken …
13weathercock — weath|er|cock [ weðər,kak ] noun count a model of a ROOSTER (=male chicken) used as a WEATHER VANE …
14weathercock — n. weather vane; weather vane in the shape of a cock; fickle person …
15weathercock — noun a weathervane in the form of a cockerel. verb (of a boat or aircraft) tend to turn to head into the wind …
16weathercock — noun (C) a weather vane in the shape of a cock 1 (1) …
17weathercock — weath•er•cock [[t]ˈwɛð ərˌkɒk[/t]] n. 1) cvb a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it 2) (loosely) any weather vane 3) a person who readily adopts the latest fads, opinions, etc • Etymology: 1250–1300 …
18weathercock — /ˈwɛðəkɒk/ (say wedhuhkok) noun 1. a weathervane in the shape of a cock. 2. any weathervane. 3. Colloquial a fickle or inconstant person or thing. –verb (i) 4. (of an aeroplane or missile) to tend to turn into the relative wind. {weather + cock1} …
19weathercock — n. 1 a weather vane (see VANE) in the form of a cock. 2 an inconstant person …
20WAINEWRIGHT, Thomas Griffiths (1794-1847) — artist, writer, and poisoner was born about October 1794 at London, the son of Thomas Wainewright and his wife Ann, daughter of Dr Thomas Griffiths. His mother died at his birth, his father a few years later, and the boy was brought up by his… …
