weather-glass

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WEATHER-GLASS, noun [weather and glass.] An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere. This word includes the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, manometer, and anemometer.
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