Weather-cock
11weath|er|cock — «WEHTH uhr KOK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a device to show which way the wind is blowing, especially one in the shape of a rooster; weather vane. 2. Figurative. a person or thing that is changeable or inconstant, especially one who veers easily to… …
12lester cock — 1) a toy boat sent out before the wind by fishermen in rough weather with a string of hooks (Cornish dialect) 2) a floating contrivance with a small sail to carry a boulter (q.v.) seawards in fishing; presumably the same or similar to (1)… …
13Air — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Air >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 air air &c.(gas) 334 Sgm: N 1 common air common air atmospheric air Sgm: N 1 atmosphere atmosphere Sgm: N 1 aerosphere aerosphere GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …
14Woodway House — is in Teignmouth, South Devon, England. It was at one time a farm on lands held by the Bishops of Exeter. In around 1815 a thatched cottage in the cottage orne style of Horace Walpole s (1717 1797) Thames side villaEvans, Tony Green, Candida… …
15Milburn, Cumbria — Coordinates: 54°39′25″N 2°32′10″W / 54.657°N 2.536°W / 54.657; 2.536 …
16Ichabod Crane — is a fictional character in Washington Irving s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow , first published in 1820. According to a notation by Irving, the character of Ichabod Crane was based on a schoolteacher named Jesse Merwin, whom Irving… …
17Lichtenberg's Avertissement — Lichtenberg s Avertissement, written by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, is a poster intended to deter the citizens of Göttingen, Germany, from attending the performance of Jacob Philadelphia in 1777. The performance was supposed to be an exhibition… …
18St Michael's Church, Monkton Combe — St Michael s Church is the Church of England parish church of Monkton Combe, the dominating fixture in this small town in the English county of Somerset. The structure is mostly mid Victorian and rather unfortunate looking. Predominately an… …
19St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton — St James and St Paul s Church, Marton, from the south …
20Gunpowder magazine — A gunpowder magazine is a magazine (building) designed to store the explosive gunpowder in wooden barrels for safety. Very few survive in the United Kingdom, as gunpowder is no longer manufactured there. Gunpowder, until superseded, was a… …
