Definitions for: Weathercock

[n] weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: vane, weather vane, weathervane, wind vane

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