Definition of veer

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

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Fetch :: fetch (v. i.) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward..
Orientate :: Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward..
Orientate :: Orientate (v. i.) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.
East :: East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
Ware :: Ware (v. t.) To wear, or veer. See Wear..
Whimple :: Whimple (v. i.) To whiffle; to veer.
Bollard :: Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes..
West :: West (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
Veered :: Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Vee.
Veering :: Veering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vee.
Laveer :: Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.
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)..
Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.
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..
Veer :: Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel..
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..
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..
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