Breeder

·noun A Cause.

II. Breeder ·noun One who, or that which, breeds, produces, brings up, ·etc.

weather-breeder
A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weatherbreed...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
foul-weather breeder
A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...

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