Category:Weathercock

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.

Weathercock Weath"er*cock`, v. t.

Defn: to supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for. Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the spire. Tennyson.