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Weather vane

A wind vane, weather vane, or weathercock is a type of anemoscope used for showing the direction of the wind. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building. The word vane comes from the Old English word fana, meaning "flag".

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related to Further reading · 104
Weather vane → About, Albert, Alexander, American, American Antique Weather Vanes, American Meteorological SocietyPagdin, American Weather Vanes, Ancient Mesopotamia, Andrew Durkee, Appleby, Architectural Handbook, Arts Council, Bauhan, Bishop, Bulletin, Camden, Canadian Museum, Canterbury, Canterbury Publishing Company, Catalog
related to Gallery · 35
Weather vane → Admiralty, Board, Bourges, Brescia, Cathedral Saint-Étienne, Creuë, Douglas DC-3, Edinburgh, EuropeWeather, France, Guinness, Italy, Japan, Jerez, Kingston, Kobe, Minnesota History CenterWeathercock, Museo, New Register House, New York
related to Christianity · 20
Weather vane → Another, As, Bayeux, Bishop Odo, Christian, Christianity, Constantinian, Goths, Jesus, Luke, Old St, One, Peter, Peter's Basilica, Pope Gregory, Pope Leo IV, Pope Nicholas, Saint Peter, The Bayeux Tapestry, Westminster Abbey
related to history · 14
Weather vane → BC, BCE Babylon, Below, Greek, Hellenistic Athens, Huainanzi, In China, It, The, The Fable, The Tower, Triton, Willow, Winds
related to External links · 4
Weather vane → Media, Weather, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Slang term · 3
Weather vane → Quebec, The, The National Assembly
is a · 2
Weather vane → retired Douglas DC-3 CF-CPY atop a swiveling support, Tío Pepe sherry advertisement located in Jerez
located in · 1
Weather vane → Whitehorse

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Weather vaneis aTío Pepe sherry advertisement located in Jerez0.90text
Weather vaneis aretired Douglas DC-3 CF-CPY atop a swiveling support0.90text
Weather vanelocated inWhitehorse0.90text
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityPope Gregory0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityChristianity0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianitySaint Peter0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityLuke0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityJesus0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityPeter0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityPope Leo IV0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityOld St0.60section
Weather vanerelated to ChristianityPeter's Basilica0.60section

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