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Veer :: Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel..

Ware :: Ware (v. t.) To wear, or veer. See Wear..

East :: East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..

Veered :: Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Vee.

Whimple :: Whimple (v. i.) To whiffle; to veer.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Bitt :: Bitt (v. t.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away..

Veery :: Veery (n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush..

West :: West (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

Fetch :: fetch (v. i.) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward..

Easter :: Easter (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.

South :: South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

Laveer :: Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.

Bollard :: Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person..

North :: North (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

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