( n. )
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.
( n. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012