Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.
1 The wind vane left here in the spring shows a predominance of wind from the S.W.
2 The wind vane began to flutter and twirl.
3 Velocity anemometers may again be subdivided into two classes, (1) those which do not require a wind vane or weathercock, (2) those which do.
4 Wind vanes might be attached to this principle, and could be connected on favourable occasions.
5 They regarded one another steadfastly, questioningly, and then he turned from her towards the Wind Vane office.
6 She came upon him at last in a little gallery that ran from the Wind Vane Offices toward his state apartments.
7 The little hill of 66 feet high behind us was soon named Wind Vane Hill, and there were other meteorological instruments there besides.
8 Here we saw the weather screen on Wind Vane Hill, and a moment later turned a small headland and brought the hut in full view.
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