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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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..
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..
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.
Veering :: Veering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vee.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
North :: North (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.
Orientate :: Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward..
Fetch :: fetch (v. i.) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward..
East :: East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..
Orientate :: Orientate (v. i.) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.
South :: South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
Easter :: Easter (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.
Veered :: Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Vee.
Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.
Bollard :: Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes..
Ware :: Ware (v. t.) To wear, or veer. See Wear..
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)..
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.
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