A vane in the form of a cock, which turns with its head to the wind. Also used gen. for a vane of any form. Often mentioned as a symbol of…

In comparisons, as a type of violence or fury (†phr. wroth as (the) wind), swiftness, freedom or unrestrainable character, mutability or fickleness…

allusive. (A type of) a person who or thing which can assume various forms, aspects, or characters; a changeable, variable, or inconstant person or…

figurative (esp. = inconstant or variable person.)

(a) a man who is under the moon's influence (obsolete); (b) = moonman, n. 2 (obsolete).

figurative. An unstable or constantly changing person or thing.

A fickle, unstable person. Obsolete.

A person who moves away; (also) a restless person. Obsolete.

Said to have, like the chameleon, the power to ‘change himselfe into the thing he toucheth or leaneth vnto’ (Florio); so Rabelais iv. ii. Also figur…

An inconstant person or thing. (Cf. French un inconstant.)

In plural. Things capable of change. Obsolete. rare.

A person who or thing which is subject to change or alteration. Now somewhat rare.

figurative. A constantly changing group of bright colours or coloured objects; anything which exhibits a succession of shifting phases.

A shifting and changing scene consisting of many elements, esp. one that is startling or extraordinary, or resembling or reminiscent of a dream…

In extended use: a thing likened to such a writing surface, esp. in having been reused or altered while still retaining traces of its earlier form; a…

Something which is liable to vary or change; a changeable factor, feature, or element.