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   Veer (?), 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.
   
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   And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden.
   
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   an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about. Burke.
   
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   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.
   
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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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   To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. -- To veer away or 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”.
   
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