Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A form of hygroscope, in the shape of a toy-house, which roughly indicates weather changes by the appearance or retirement of toy images. In a common form a man advances from his porch in wet and a woman in dry weather—the movement being produced by the varying torsion of a hygroscopic string by which the images are attached. Also called
weather-house .
Examples
“The elder and younger son of the house of Crawley were, like the gentleman and lady in the weather-box, never at home together — they hated each other cordially: indeed, Rawdon”
“The elder and younger son of the house of Crawley were, like the gentleman and lady in the weather-box, never at home togetherthey hated each other cordially: indeed, Rawdon Crawley, the dragoon, had a great contempt for the establishment altogether, and seldom come thither except when his aunt paid her annual visit.”
“In short, the Dutchman and his wife, in the old weather-box, had not less to do with each other than he and I.”
If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact
“The elder and younger son of the house of Crawley were, like the gentleman and lady in the weather-box, never at home together -- they hated each other cordially: indeed, Rawdon Crawley, the dragoon, had a great contempt for the establishment altogether, and seldom came thither except when his aunt paid her annual visit.”
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weather phrases,words
how weather is used
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Useful Words
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ruzuzu "A form of hygroscope, in the shape of a toy-house, which roughly indicates weather changes by the appearance or retirement of toy images. In a common form a man advances from his porch in wet and a woman in dry weather—the movement being produced by the varying torsion of a hygroscopic string by which the images are attached."
- Century Dictionary Jul 30, 2010