Obs. [ad. Du. wederwijzer, weerwijzer, f. weder, weer WEATHER sb. + wijzer, agent-n. f. wijzen to show; cf. WAY-WISER.] An instrument serving to foretell the weather.
1667. Sprat, Hist. Royal Soc., 255. Several Discourses about Thermometers, Hygroscopes, Baroscopes, and other Weather-wisers.
1676. Glanvill, Ess., III. 40. He hath there given an account of the defectiveness of common Weather-Glasses,… and Ascent of Water by Cold in the ordinary Weather-wisers.
1708. R. Neve, Baroscop., 4. By which means it is now become an excellent Weather-wiser, to predict dry and moist Weather.
1787. Best, Angling (ed. 2), 152. The flowers of pimpernel; the opening and shutting of which … are the countryman’s weather-wiser, whereby he tells the weather of the following day.
