weatherglass

2 definitions found

weatherglass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weatherglass \Weath"er*glass`\, n.
     An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere,
     especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes
     of weather, as a barometer or baroscope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Poor man's weatherglass. (Bot.) See under Poor.
        [1913 Webster]

weatherglass - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  weatherglass
      n 1: a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric
           pressure