Crossword-Solution: ANEMOSCOPE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Anemoscope | n. | An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Weather vane | 1 answer |
| Weatherman's device. | 2 answers |
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See Scope.] Defn: A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
What a curious register do these rain-drops present us! an engraving on stone of a shower that fell thousands and thousands of ages ago! They often become, too, an anemoscope, pointing out the direction of the wind, while the petrified surface shows us just how many drops fell, quite as accurately as the most delicate pluviameter.
Anemoscope=, or Portable Wind Vane for travellers, with compass, bar needle, &c., shows the direct course of the wind to half a point of the compass.
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Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1957–2014).