Weather Bureau

A bureau of the Department of Agriculture. It has charge of the weather signal service. *weather-bit, *weather-bitten, a . [Cf. Sw. väderbiten =weather-bitten; Norw.vederbiten .] Bitten, nipped, or frozen by the weather. [WEATHER BEATEN.] *weather-blown, a. Weather-beaten: exposed. "Strong Enispe that for height is weather -blown." Chapman. Homer's Iliad , ii. 532. weather-board, v . t . To nail boards upon, as on a roof or side of a house, lapping one over another, in order to prevent rain, snow, ., from penetrating it. IMG:content-0745.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small] safely be said that from November 1 to Juneli days, while between June 15 and September 15 there sailing by bad weather. will be few days that are not rainy. [MONSOON, SEASON.] Prediction in any particular year in temperate climates is much more liable to error, though on a series of years there is tolerable uniformity, so that such expre ions have arisen as March winds, April showers, and November fogs. The popular belief that the weather can be predicted by noting the changes of the moon is erroneous. Most other popular notions regarding weather signs are more or le accurate. In predicting the weather in Great Britain the meteorologists labor under this great disadvantage, that the approach, say, of a depre ion from the Atlantic, the ordinary precursor of a storm, cannot be telegraphed till it has reached the west coast of Ireland. If, on the contrary, a storm cro ing this country from the southwest be moving toward New York, its progre can be telegraphed to that city whenever it reaches the Pacific shores of the continent. *2. Change of the state of the air. *3. Hence, fig., vici itude, change of condition. and weathers of time.'"- Bacon . "An ancient family, which have stood against the waves *4. A light rain, a shower. ono my xxxii. 2.) *5. Wind. *6. A storm, a tempest. ( Wycliffe : Deuter "Roaring louder than the sea or weather ." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iii. 3. *7. Bad, wet, or inclement weather. "Seynge this by hop with his company syttyng in the weder." Fabyan: Chronycle, ch. lxxxiii. 8. The inclination or obliquity of the sails of a windmill to the plane of revolution. II. Naut .: The side of the ve el exposed to the wind; in contradistinction to the lee or leeward side, which is away from the wind. House, with Weatherboards. IMG:content-0746.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather. ( Prov . Eng .) weather-cloth, s . Naut .: A long piece of canvas or tarpauling used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather, when stowed, or to defend persons from the wind and spray. weather-cock, 8. & v. [WEATHERCOCк.] weather-driven, a . Driven by winds or storms; forced by stre of weather. "Philip, during his voyage towards Spain, was weather driven into Weymouth."-Carew: Survey of Cornwall. weather-eye, s. The eye that looks at the sky to forecast the weather. To keep one's weather- eye open (or awake ): To be sharply on one's guard; to have or keep one's wits about one. ( Slang .) weather-fend, v. t. To defend or shelter from the weather. "The lime-grove, which weather-fends your cell." Shakesp.: Tempest, v. 1. marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0748.png:[blocks in formation] weather-signal, s . A signal for indicating weather-fish, 8 . weather conditions. Five flags are used by the U. S. Ichthy.: Misgurnus fo il is , called also the Mud- Weather Bureau to indicate the temperature and fish and Thunder-fish. It is about a foot in length, ordinary conditions of the weather. They are numdark-brown above, flecked with black; abdomen bered 1 to 5, but some are used in couples to form orange, with black spots. In Germany and Austria combinations. No. 1 is a perfect white square and it is regarded as a weather-prophet, because it indicates "clear or fair weather." No. 2 is all blue, usually comes to the surface about twenty-four also square, and its meaning is "rain or snow." hours before bad weather, and moves about with No. 3 is a black triangle and is called the "temper unusual energy. This habit has sometimes led to ature signal. It is always used in combination its being confined in a gla globe as an animated with either the white or blue square. When barometer. ( Seeley : Freshwater Fishes of Europe .) weather-gage, s. [WEATHER-GAUGE.] weather-gall, s. The same as WATER-GALL (q. v.). IMG:content-0749.png:[blocks in formation] (Scotch.) "That old weather-headed fool."-Congreve: Love for Love, ii. 7. Probably a corruption of wether - headed. weather-helm, s. Naut .: A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when, owing to her having a tendency to gripe, the helm requires to be kept a little to windward, or a-weather, in order to prevent her head from coming up in the wind when sailing close-hauled. *weather-house, subst . A weather-box (q. v.). ( Cowper : Task , i. 211.) weather-line, s . The line where the trunk of a tree touches and rises above the soil, and is thus exposed to the weather. "The weather-line, just by the surface of the earth, where the durability of timber is put to the severest test." Mudie: Pop. Guide to the Obs. of Nature. weather-moldings, s. pl. Arch.: Drip stones or canopies over a door, in tended to throw off the rain. weather-proof, a . Proof against the weather; able to afford adequate protection against a tempest or to pa through one uninjured. "Our bark's not weather - proof ." -Quarles: History of Jonah, E. i. b. One who foretells coming