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Behind the helmsman was placed a slight pole on which flew the dog-vane, to show the direction of the wind.— How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
Presently, however, I saw the dog-vane rise and flutter slightly; again it drooped.— The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
"If that ain't as much of an astonisher as when the scuttle-butt danced a jig on the dog-vane!— The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
I'll climb your main riggin 'and dance a jig on that dog-vane of a head of yourn. "— The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul
For the fool's judgment is a dog-vane that turns with a breath, and the cheat watches the clouds and sets his weathercock by them, -- so that one shall often see by their pointing which way the winds of heaven are blowing, when the slow-wheeling arrows and feathers of what we call the Temples of Wisdom are turning to all points of the compass.— Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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