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weathercock(dictionary)

weathercock (iou)



weathercock noun & verb. ME.
[formed as WEATHERBOARD + COCK noun1.]
A. noun.
A weather-vane in the form of a cock; gen. a weather-vane of any form; fig. a changeable or inconstant person or thing. ME.
M. E. Braddon In affairs of the heart, Mr. Turchill belonged to the weathercock species.
Aeronautics. The tendency of an aircraft to turn away from the set compass direction into the relative wind. Usu. attrib. L19.
b. verb.
verb trans. with it. Veer or vary like a weathercock. M17-E19.
verb trans. Provide with a weathercock; serve as a weathercock for. M17.
a. verb intrans. Nautical. (Tend to) head into the wind. M20.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Aeronautics. Turn away from the set compass direction into the relative wind. M20.
weathercockism noun changeableness M19.
weathercock-like adjective resembling a weathercock; fickle, changeable: E18.