v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. -- To veer awayor To veer out (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Veered p. pr. & vb. n. Veering. ] [ F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare; perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. Vibrate); or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little bracelet (cf. Ferrule). Cf. Environ. ] To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north. “His veering gait.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To veer and haul (Naut.), to vary the course or direction; -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. Thoreau. [ 1913 Webster ]
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