laveerv.

/ləˈvɪə/

Forms: 1500s–1600s lavere, (1600s laver, laveir, lavier, 1600s–1700s loft-veer), 1600s– laveer.

Etymology: < Dutch laveeren, in 17th cent. also loevéren , Middle Dutch laeveren , loveren , < French (16th cent.) loveer , now louvoyer (for the suffix in Dutch compare domineren domineer v.), < lof windward (of Dutch or Low German origin: see luff n.¹). The Dutch word has been adopted in other languages as German lavieren, Swedish lofvera, Danish lavere.

Nautical. Obsolete except in literary use.

intransitive. To beat to windward; to tack.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)]

flitc1386

waivec1425

flitter1543

to play fast and loose1557

range1557

vary1557

halve1566

to blow hot and cold1577

flirt1578

laveer1598

to weathercock it1654

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind

laveer1598

to weather it on1599

beat1677

to beat up1720

to weather along1836

thrash1855

thresh1857

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xcvi. 179/1 The Indian ships..durst not anker there, but only vsed to lauere to and fro.

1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 149 The winde being against him, he laveirs and turneth another tacke.

1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 163 Lie on a Tack Port and Laveer, Sometimes to weather, then to Lee.

1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 7 Those that 'gainst stiff gales laveering go Must be at once resolv'd and skilful too.

1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher II. xix. lviii. 528 They..can always pass thro' this Streight by Laveering or Tacking, even tho' the Wind be contrary.

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxiii. 391 It went for the Chesapeake, laveering against the stiff southerly winds of the season.

figurative.a1667 A. Cowley Liberty in Verses & Ess. (1687) 81 To bend and turn about his own Nature, and laveer with every wind.1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 319 Instead of bearing down on the point for which he is bound..Klopstock is continually laveering.1885 C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace II. xxiii. 55 Neither skilful nor resolved enough to ‘laveer’ against them [the fates].

Derivatives

† laˈveerer n. Obsolete one who laveers.

ΚΠ

1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 183 They [the School~men] are the best Laveerers of the World.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	laveer
释义	laveerv. /ləˈvɪə/ Forms: 1500s–1600s lavere, (1600s laver, laveir, lavier, 1600s–1700s loft-veer), 1600s– laveer. Etymology: < Dutch laveeren, in 17th cent. also loevéren , Middle Dutch laeveren , loveren , < French (16th cent.) loveer , now louvoyer (for the suffix in Dutch compare domineren domineer v.), < lof windward (of Dutch or Low German origin: see luff n.¹). The Dutch word has been adopted in other languages as German lavieren, Swedish lofvera, Danish lavere. Nautical. Obsolete except in literary use. intransitive. To beat to windward; to tack. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] flitc1386 waivec1425 flitter1543 to play fast and loose1557 range1557 vary1557 halve1566 to blow hot and cold1577 flirt1578 laveer1598 to weathercock it1654 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind laveer1598 to weather it on1599 beat1677 to beat up1720 to weather along1836 thrash1855 thresh1857 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xcvi. 179/1 The Indian ships..durst not anker there, but only vsed to lauere to and fro. 1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 149 The winde being against him, he laveirs and turneth another tacke. 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 163 Lie on a Tack Port and Laveer, Sometimes to weather, then to Lee. 1660 J. Dryden Astræa Redux 7 Those that 'gainst stiff gales laveering go Must be at once resolv'd and skilful too. 1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher II. xix. lviii. 528 They..can always pass thro' this Streight by Laveering or Tacking, even tho' the Wind be contrary. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxiii. 391 It went for the Chesapeake, laveering against the stiff southerly winds of the season. figurative.a1667 A. Cowley Liberty in Verses & Ess. (1687) 81 To bend and turn about his own Nature, and laveer with every wind.1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 319 Instead of bearing down on the point for which he is bound..Klopstock is continually laveering.1885 C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace II. xxiii. 55 Neither skilful nor resolved enough to ‘laveer’ against them [the fates]. Derivatives † laˈveerer n. Obsolete one who laveers. ΚΠ 1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 183 They [the School~men] are the best Laveerers of the World. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1598
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