veern.
/vɪə/, U.S. /vɪ(ə)r/ An act or instance of veering; a change of direction.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun]
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sway1818
whiffle1842
twizzle1848
split-turn1932
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Virevoulte, a veere, whirle,..friske, or turne.
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 70 Wee..expected a lower veere of the water.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 105 Till the warm hour returns With veer of wind.
1890 Daily News 21 Aug. 5/7 This project of the Emperor William would explain the sudden veer round a short time ago against Prince Ferdinand.
Draft additions 1993
b. American Football. An offensive play which makes use of a modified T-formation with a split backfield, allowing the quarterback the ‘triple option’ of passing to the full-back, pitching to a running-back, or running himself. Cf. wishbone n. 4.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
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punt-out1861
goal-kicking1871
safety1879
safety touchdown1879
scrimmage1880
rushing1882
safety touch1884
touchback1884
forward pass1890
run1890
blocking1891
signal1891
fake1893
onside kick1895
tandem-play1895
pass play1896
spiral1896
shift1901
end run1902
straight-arm1903
quarterback sneak1904
runback1905
roughing1906
Minnesota shift1910
quarterbacking1910
snap-back1910
pickoff1912
punt return1914
screen forward pass1915
screen pass1920
power play1921
sneak1921
passback1922
snap1922
defence1923
reverse1924
carry1927
lateral1927
stiff-arm1927
zone1927
zone defence1927
submarine charge1928
squib1929
block1931
pass rushing1933
safetying1933
trap play1933
end-around1934
straight-arming1934
trap1935
mousetrap1936
buttonhook1938
blitzing1940
hand-off1940
pitchout1946
slant1947
strike1947
draw play1948
shovel pass1948
bootleg1949
option1950
red dog1950
red-dogging1951
rollout1951
submarine1952
sleeper pass1954
draw1956
bomb1960
swing pass1960
pass rush1962
blitz1963
spearing1964
onsides kick1965
takeaway1967
quarterback sack1968
smash-mouth1968
veer1968
turn-over1969
bump-and-run1970
scramble1971
sack1972
nose tackle1975
nickel1979
pressure1981
1968 Houston (Texas) Post 5 Sept. xiii. 8/4 Gipson's 1,100 rushing yards added much to the Houston Veer-T offense a year ago.
1973 Houston (Texas) Post 6 Sept. dd1/4 The UH head coach, now entering his 12th season as chief of the Cougars, doesn't plan to junk the Houston Veer, however.
1974 Southeastern Football (Nashville, Tennessee) (Pre-Season ed.) 20 ‘We feel we have the personnel to run the veer,’ says Jordan. ‘Our quarterbacks are able to read defenses and they can execute the option.’
1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 19 Apr. 5 b/4 Jeff Grantz..excelled in the Gamecock veer last fall as a sophomore.
1986 Gridiron UK June 33/2 The Veer, developed by Bill Yeoman..took the Split T one step farther in that it was the first true triple-option offense.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
veerv.1
/vɪə/, U.S. /vɪ(ə)r/ Nautical.figurative.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 251 The agents have a certain margin to veer and haul on in their commission.1901 Speaker 27 Apr. 109/2 Here is a sum on which the British Government may fairly veer and haul.† 5. intransitive. Of a ship: To sail with the sheet let out. Obsolete.
1. absolute.?1515 [see ]. a1658 J. Cleveland On Inundation of River Trent in Wks. (1687) 293 Now Bedfellows do one another greet I' th' Saylors Phrase, Vere, vere, more Sheet.† c. Similarly without adverb. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To allow (a sheet or other sail-line) to run out to some extent; to let out by releasing. Also with out. ? Obsolete.So Dutch and Flemish (de) schoot vieren, frequently used figuratively.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > trim sails > release sheet
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firec1540
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways
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veer1590
veer1604
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heave1626
overhaul1626
ease1627
pay1627
reeve1627
unbend1627
to come up1685
overhale1692
to pay away1769
surge1769
render1777
to pay out1793
to round down1793
to set upon ——1793
swig1794
veer1806
snake1815
to side out for a bend1831
rack1841
snub1841
c1460 Pilgrim's Sea-Voy. 25 Hale the bewelyne! now, vere the shete!
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.viv Ale the helme ale vere shot of vere sayle.
1522 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII III. ii. 975 [The galley was next them, but if she] may vyere the shit, she will go from us all.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Vire the trossis, nou heise.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Vire ȝour liftaris and ȝour top sail trossis.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. L7 Behold I see the hauen nigh at hand,..Vere the maine shete, and beare vp with the land.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 Loure the maine top saile, veare a fadome of your sheat.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 Veere more sheat, or a flowne sheat, that is, when they are not haled home to the blocke.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 17 Vere out some of your Fore and Main-sheets.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 Vere out the main Sheet, and fore Sheet.
1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 163 We..veered out the main-Sheet to ware the Ship.
b. To let out (any line or rope); to allow to run out gradually to a desired length.
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1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xiv. 42 They haue a pece of wood, and a line to vere out ouer borde.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 75 I bore vp to her, and by a barrell viered her out a long hawser.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 608 As you veer out the Log-Line, set the Drift of the Log with your Compass.
1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 178 [He] marches on the bottom of the Sea, vearing out the Coiles of his Pipe.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §68 They rowed it towards the rock, veering out a rope, which they had fastened to the large boat.
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 178/2 They had the appearance of a single rope capable of being coiled and veered out conveniently.
1905 W. R. Mackintosh Around Orkney Peat-fires (ed. 2) ii. 136 [He] veered out the boat's tether till he came along~side the vessel.
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1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 219 As fast as you can hale and vere a line.
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 169 Veer your line, let it off the reel after striking.
2. To allow (a boat, buoy, etc.) to drift further off by letting out a line attached to it. Usually with away or out.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > moor > allow to drift off on a line
veer1539
1539 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 67 The marinars of the sayd Venys shippe did vere owt there grete bote.
1824 Mechanic's Mag. No. 41. 215 They tried the means of veering away a buoy.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. xxxiii. 273 We veered an empty cask astern, with a rope attached to it.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 145 They veered out a buoy with a line, which we got hold of.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 357 To veer a buoy in a ship's wake, means to slack out a rope to which the buoy has been attached, in order to let it go astern.
3. figurative.1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse v. v. 46 in Wks. II Traines shall seeke out Ingine,..euery cable Is to be veer'd.absolute.1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at File Ne file plus, amarre, keep fast the cable! stopper the cable! veer no more!1775 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 404 At 4 a.m. found ship drove, veered to a whole cable.
a. To let out or pay out (a cable).
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways
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veer1590
veer1604
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heave1626
overhaul1626
ease1627
pay1627
reeve1627
unbend1627
to come up1685
overhale1692
to pay away1769
surge1769
render1777
to pay out1793
to round down1793
to set upon ——1793
swig1794
veer1806
snake1815
to side out for a bend1831
rack1841
snub1841
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > let out (cable)
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1604 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 21 May The cables were not viered.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lix. 141 On both sides, was crying out, to veere cable.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lix. 141 All our Cables..were a ground, and those very short, and vered to the better end.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 Veere more Cable, is when you ride at Anchor.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 156 Tho' they immediately let go the Sheet-Anchor, and veer'd almost two Cables on it, yet they drove out to Sea.
1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 211 Cables veered astern, with tackles leading from them to the ship's quarters.
1854 G. B. Richardson Univ. Code (ed. 12) v. 1280 I cannot veer more cable.
1870 H. Meade Ride New Zealand 290 After veering cable we went to quarters.
1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 41 Every anchor fell and cable was veered to five shackles.
b. With away or out.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > let out (cable)
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(b)1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 138 To veer away the cable briskly.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 319 After we had veered away one whole cable.1765 J. Byron Voy. (1773) I. 79 A thick fog coming on with hard rain, we veered away the stream cable.1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 357 ‘Veer away the cable,’ that is, slack it and let it run out.figurative.1770 R. Cumberland Brothers i. x. 11 I'll veer away no more good advice after you.1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 437 This obliged us to let go our Sheet Anchor, veering out a good scope of Cable.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Filer le cable bout par bout To..veer out the cable end for end.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 74 The warships, which, with topmasts housed and cables veered out to the clinch, were all steaming full speed ahead.
c. To put on (cables) end to end. rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways
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veer1590
veer1604
rousea1625
heave1626
overhaul1626
ease1627
pay1627
reeve1627
unbend1627
to come up1685
overhale1692
to pay away1769
surge1769
render1777
to pay out1793
to round down1793
to set upon ——1793
swig1794
veer1806
snake1815
to side out for a bend1831
rack1841
snub1841
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 86 The latter continued..to drop to leeward, and the Theseus was obliged to veer on two cables to keep within reach of them.
4. to veer and haul: (see quots.).
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific way
windc1550
heave1626
to round up1766
to veer and haul1769
to freshen the nip1807
single1900
swig1917
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Veer and haul, to pull a rope tight, by drawing it in and slackening it alternately..so that the rope is straitened to a greater tension.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 133 To veer and haul, is to haul and slack alternately on a rope, as in warping, until the vessel or boat gets headway.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To veer and haul, to gently tauten and then slacken a rope three times before giving a heavy pull, the object being to concentrate the force of several men.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 239 By hauling and veering on it,..a sufficiently uniform strain on it would be obtained.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with sails set in specific way
veera1625
pinch1704
flap1853
goose-wing1920
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) When a Shipp sailes, and the Sheate is veered-out, wee saie she goes veering.
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 The Ship goes Lasking, Quartering, Veering, or Large; are terms of the same signification, viz. that she neither goes by a Wind nor before the wind, but betwixt both.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
veerv.2
/vɪə/, U.S. /vɪ(ə)r/ 1. intransitive.† b. To turn round, revolve. Obsolete.
a. Of the wind: To change gradually; to pass by degrees from one point to another, spec. in the direction of the sun's course. Originally Nautical.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow from a particular quarter > change direction > in specific direction
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northera1665
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1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 73 And after that the winde verred [sic] to the Southwest they bare with the same.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 Now the wind veeres, that is, it doth shift from point to point.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 6 The wind in one hours space veering about every point of the Compass.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. vii. 234 Their Influence may be separated so far as to suffer a cooler Wind to blow, which upon their Rising shall vere to a warmer point.
1744 Claridge's Shepherd of Banbury's Rules (new ed.) 15 The wind commonly veers to the South West.
1777 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 230 The wind was Easterly. At the instant of the shock it is said to have veered to the West.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. v. 95 The wind had veered round, and the Aurora was now able to lay up clear of the island of Maritimo.
1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xv. 138 When north and south winds blow alternately, the wind at any place will veer in one uniform direction through every point of the compass.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 317 The next night the wind veered to the eastward.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)]
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turnOE
runOE
to turn aboutOE
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to go roundc1460
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to come about1607
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 484 O thou faire Chariot,..thou doo'st alwayes veere About the North-Pole.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 485 As long as Heau'ns swift Orbes shall veere.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Virer, to veere, turne round, wheele or whirle about.
2. Nautical. Of a ship: To change course; spec. to turn round with the head away from the wind in order to sail on another tack.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about
to turn, wend the luff?c1225
to turn (the) wind14..
to go about1588
veera1653
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 134 The other veres as slowe, Lar-board and Star-board.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 360 A Head of all the Master Pilot steers, And as he leads, the following Navy veers.
1761 Brit. Mag. 2 497 The Packet in haste to Beaumaurice was veering, When, lo! a large ship towards our vessel was steering.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 15 It plung'd and tack'd and veer'd.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. ii. 162 The fleet of the Earl's, after a brief halt, veered majestically round.
1878 S. Phillips On Seaboard 119 The coble tossed, and veered, and tacked, As she strove to make the shore.
3. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 17 A narrow inlet..Lost for a space, through thickets veering, But broader when again appearing.1823 Ld. Byron Island i. iii. 9 No more at thy command The obedient helm shall veer, the sail expand.1865 A. C. Swinburne Rondel in Poems & Ballads 5 Grief a fixed star, and joy a vane that veers.1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 179 The shadows slowly farther crept and veered Like changing memories.
a. Of things: To turn round or about; to change from one direction or course to another.Also in figurative context (quot. 1690): cf. sense 4.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things
strike1584
veer1633
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 12 The water veer'd to a lower ebbe.
1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon v. 48 Thou Weather-cock of Government: that when the Wind..changes for the Soveraign, veers to Prerogative.
b. Of persons or animals.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)]
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to turn awaya1382
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to cast about1591
veer1769
to come around1797
twist?1801
vert1859
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 64 Susanna slipped..from beside her mamma, and, veering over toward Harry, she went on one side.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iv. 108 'Twas but a short hour's walk ere, veering round, I saw the snow-white church.
1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 19 Nov. 445 After passing Bullington, Sutton, and Wonston, we veered away from Stoke-Charity.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxxvi. 256 The amazed horse veered quickly to one side, and stopped as if stricken to stone.
4. figurative. To change or alter; to pass from one state, position, tendency, etc., to another; to be variable or changeable:
a. Of persons.
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1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iii. i. 21 Two Factions turn him with each blast of wind. But now he shall not veer.
1682 S. Pordage Medal Revers'd 2 When the Tide turn'd, then strait about he veers, And for the stronger side he still appears.
1714 Jacks put to their Trumps 8 Those few at last veer'd quite about, And joyn'd in my Disgrace.
1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) III. 390 Still veering either to good or evil, with the same facility and ardour.
1821 W. M. Praed Gog in Poems (1865) I. 95 Linda, like many a modern Miss, Began to veer around at this.
1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural x. 308 The infirmity..shown by human teachers, when they veer a little from their point..to catch the assent of multitudes.
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 56 He is a man to veer about like a weather~cock.
b. Of feelings, thoughts, conditions, etc.
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the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
braidOE
change?c1225
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to change up1920
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 29 Like a wind it [sc. love] in no quarter stays; But points and veers each hour a thousand ways.
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 138 For..as these Passions veer, my Interest veers, my Steerage varys.
1756 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 198 Madame Pompadour, perceiving how much the King's disposition veered to devotion, artfully took the turn of humouring it.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 34 While his own troubled passions veer Through hatred, joy, regret, and fear.
1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics iii. 47 Her thoughts were ready to veer any way in hope of escape.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 52 Seldom has the fortune of war veered round so rapidly.
c. To diverge or differ from something. rare.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)]
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differ?c1400
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differencec1425
square?c1450
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to stand offa1616
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deviate1692
to stand apart1709
veer1796
to be a long way from1917
1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) I. i. iv. 25 Your opinion, dear Richard, veer'd widely from mine.
5.
a. absol. To alter the course of a ship, spec. by causing it to swing round with the stern to windward so as to sail on another tack. Also of a ship: To admit of veering.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > cause ship to
veer1625
1625 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 54 [The Portuguese] payde away, vearinge to delay time for our cominge upp with them.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 Foundering is when she will neither veere nor steare, the Sea will..ouer rake her.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 66 If the Wind be contrary, they never strive against it, but vere about.
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 In keeping the Ship near the Wind, these terms are used..Veer no more, keep her to, touch the Wind.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Veering If..it is absolutely necessary to veer, in order to save the ship from destruction.
1810 J. Dessiou Moore's New Pract. Navigator (ed. 18) 290 To veer, to change a ship's course from one tack to the other, by turning her stern to windward.
1884 D. Pae Eustace 124 My lads, lie to, then veer and sail against the wind.
b. transitive (with ship as object).
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Veering When it becomes necessary to veer the ship, the sails towards the stern are either furled, or brailed up.
6. transitive. To turn (something) from one course or direction to another. Also figurative (cf. 4).
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the world > time > change > change [verb (transitive)]
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wendOE
i-wendeOE
awendOE
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)]
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deturna1450
veer1647
shift1698
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(b)1804 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 85 Her bleeding wing she veers..; on him she springs.1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 81 A lofty beech To veer [L. torqueat] the bottom of the carriage [sc. the plough].1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 167 At each successive scarification he veers the direction of the parallel incisions.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (new ed.) 28 I veer'd my tongue to this kinde of Language de industriæ.
1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 18 The tone of the British Cabinet is veered by every incidental change of war.
1883 G. Meredith Poet. Wks. (1912) 212 Cities and martial States, Whither soon the youth veered his theme.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)]
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a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 107 In Musical Instruments, if a String jar and be out of Tune, we do not frettingly break it, but leisurely veer it about to a Concord.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 140 A pair of Yarn Windles, which she..unintermittedly veered, and frisked about.
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