weather-breedern.
/ˈwɛðəˌbriːdə/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌbridər/ A day of exceptionally sunny and calm weather, popularly supposed to be a presage of a coming storm. Also figurative.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > supposed to presage storm
weather-breeder1655
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 160 The King had intentions of being present at the General Assembly; but this lucid interval proved but a weather-breeder.
1659 J. Arrowsmith Armilla Catechetica 391 Look at a very fair day, as that which may prove a weather-breeder, and usher in storms.
1780 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 281 A most delightful day; a weather breeder.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weather-breeder.
1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 98 Weather-breeders..are usually the finest days in the calendar, all sun and sky.
1903 Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 5/2 Isolated fine days in February are known in Surrey as ‘weather-breeders’.
Derivatives
weather-breeding adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > presaging a storm
weather-breeding1899
1899 R. M. Gilchrist Nicholas 23 The last se'nnight of March had been dull and weather-breeding.
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