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anemoscope


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Anemoscope  \A*nem"o*scope\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  wind  +  -scope:  cf  F. 
  an['e]moscope.] 
  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.