like a weather-cock
1cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise …
2weath|er|cock — «WEHTH uhr KOK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a device to show which way the wind is blowing, especially one in the shape of a rooster; weather vane. 2. Figurative. a person or thing that is changeable or inconstant, especially one who veers easily to… …
3Ichabod Crane — is a fictional character in Washington Irving s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , first published in 1820. According to a notation by Irving, the character of Ichabod Crane was based on a schoolteacher named Jesse Merwin, whom Irving… …
4changeable — a. 1. Variable, inconstant, unsteady, unsteadfast, unstable, unsettled, mutable, uncertain. 2. Fickle, wavering, vacillating, fitful, capricious, volatile, mercurial, giddy, like a weather cock …
5fickle — a. Wavering, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, variable, vacillating, volatile, mercurial, changeable, fitful, irresolute, unsettled, capricious, like a weather cock …
6Milburn, Cumbria — Coordinates: 54°39′25″N 2°32′10″W / 54.657°N 2.536°W / 54.657; 2.536 …
7Lichtenberg's Avertissement — Lichtenberg s Avertissement, written by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, is a poster intended to deter the citizens of Göttingen, Germany, from attending the performance of Jacob Philadelphia in 1777. The performance was supposed to be an exhibition… …
8USS Intrepid (CV-11) — Die USS Intrepid am Tag ihrer Indienststellung Geschichte Bauwerft Newport News Shipbuilding …
9Capercaillie — Taxobox name = Capercaillie status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=47085|title=Tetrao urogallus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species… …
10Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
