The still air was being stirred now by a strangely warm wind and every look at the weatherglass confirmed that the mercury shrank inside its four-foot tube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Siege]

Madame Fosco was alone in the hall looking at the weatherglass.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woman in White] Reference

As the weatherglass of economy, stock market rise bears internal regular rules.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A novel is like a weatherglass, -- where the man appears out at one time, the woman at another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference

And out toward the old Ice House (now the Art Barn) are the rocks with the best view of the pounding surf and small clots of scarlet pimpernel tucked in, operating as the "poor man's weatherglass".    From Wordnik.com.  [UUpdates - All updates] Reference

If a bed-ridden meteorologist is told that it rains, he may or he may not receive the fact from the force of testimony; but he will certainly be more prëdisposed to receive it, if he finds that his weatherglass is falling rather than rising.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference

Lord M. and I met with considerable feeling on both sides, and all our feuds were forgotten and forgiven; I conclude so at least, because one or two people, whom I know to be sharp observers of the weatherglass on occasion of such squalls, have been earnest with me to meet Lord M. at parties -- which I am well assured they would not have been (had I been.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference

Poor man's weatherglass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference

Shepherd's weatherglass or clock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference

Scarlet shepherd's-weatherglass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book] Reference