weather-glass

Having done so, when the weather-glass of my pride got up again,

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

Major declared that his weather-glass had turned, which proved that the gale was breaking.

Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

I ordered breakfast; whilst taking it in the room above I saw through the open window the Italian trudging forth on his journey, a huge box on his back, and a weather-glass in his hand — looking the exact image of one of those men, his country people, whom forty years before I had known at

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

John Mangles remained on deck the whole night, for though as yet the sky was still unclouded, he had such faith in his weather-glass, that he took every precaution that prudence could suggest.

In Search of the Castaways 2003

But the hand with which she pointed to the dial of the weather-glass still trembled.

The Woman in White 2003

Madame Fosco was alone in the hall looking at the weather-glass.

The Woman in White 2003

"Don't forget the weather-glass, I showed Yuri how to read it-"

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

"The weather-glass," Karoly was calling over his shoulder as grooms at the foot of the steps were boosting his armored weight into the saddle.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

Yuri stirred his porridge about, with no appetite for it, slouched about his morning duties for Karoly, the slate-marking and the daily estimation of the weather-glass, then C.J. Cherryh ghosted through their mother's sight, their mother moping and sewing and discussing with her audience of maids and matrons.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

THE GOBLIN MIRROR had shown him the weather-glass, it was an angry man whose sister was dead outside, who had seen friends struck from ambush, and who had walked for days to get here.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992