barometrical
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The wind was then blowing from the south-west in the mild degree which in barometrical language is ranked “No. 2: light breeze.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
True to its barometrical functions, my throat was predicting a storm.
From Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers by John A. Hill
According to the barometrical measurement of General Roy, the height of the Sugar-loaf mountain is 1852 feet perpendicular above the Gavenny rivulet, near its junction with the Usk.
From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by J. T. Barber
Nevertheless an unusual barometrical depression had brought in its train several days of disagreeable, stormy weather.
From Banzai! by Parabellum by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
Finally, one needs only to cast a glance at Victor in his balcony, where he now sits in a singular barometrical condition, if one would pass judgment on his previous state.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
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