veerableadj.
†Of the wind: Tending to veer; changeable.
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1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 56 The wind veerable round the compass.
1698 J. Covant Let. 20 Oct. in W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. (1699) iii. v. 55 When we find the Winds..veerable to S.W. and back to South, we stand off to the Westward.
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 13 Yesterday the Wind was very little and veerable.
1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxiii. 148 The winds being light and veerable favoured us very much.
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