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▪ I. veer, n.|vɪə(r)|
[f. veer v.2]
An act or instance of veering; a change of direction.
1611Cotgr., Virevoulte, a veere, whirle,..friske, or turne. 1633T. James Voy. 70 Wee..expected a lower veere of the water. 1871Tennyson Last Tourn. 231 Till the warm hour returns With veer of wind. 1890Daily News 21 Aug. 5/7 This project of the Emperor William would explain the sudden veer round a short time ago against Prince Ferdinand.
Add:b. Amer. 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. wish-bone n. 4.
1968Houston (Texas) Post 5 Sept. xiii. 8/4 Gipson's 1,100 rushing yards added much to the Houston Veer-T offense a year ago. 1973Ibid. 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. 1974Southeastern 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.’ 1974Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 19 Apr. 5b/4 Jeff Grantz..excelled in the Gamecock veer last fall as a sophomore. 1986Gridiron 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.
▪ II. veer
southern ME. var. fir; var. vere (spring) Obs.
▪ III. veer, v.1 Naut.|vɪə(r)|
Forms: 5–7 vere (6 Sc. vire); 6 vyere, 7 vier-; 6–7 veare, 7 vear; 7 veere, 7– veer.
[a. MDu. vieren to let out, slacken, = OHG. fieren, fiaran to give direction to. Hence also G. vieren, fieren, Da. fire, Sw. fira in nautical use.]
1. trans. To allow (a sheet or other sail-line) to run out to some extent; to let out by releasing. Also with out. ? Obs.
So Du. and Flem. (de) schoot vieren, freq. used fig.
c1460Pilgrim's Sea-Voy. 25 Hale the bewelyne! now, vere the shete! 1522Lett. & Papers Hen. VIII, III. ii. 975 [The galley was next them, but if she] may vyere the shit, she will go from us all. 1530Hickscorner 302 A-le the helme! a-le! vere! shot of! vere sayle! 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 41 Vire the trossis, nou heise. Ibid., Vire ȝour liftaris and ȝour top sail trossis. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. xii. 1 Behold I see the hauen nigh at hand,..Vere the maine shete, and beare vp with the land. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 28 Loure the maine top saile, veare a fadome of your sheat. 1627― Seaman's Gram. ix. 39 Veere more sheat, or a flowne sheat, that is, when they are not haled home to the blocke. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. ii. 17 Vere out some of your Fore and Main-sheets. Ibid. 18 Vere out the main Sheet, and fore Sheet. 1694[see main-sheet 1].
absol.1530[see above]. a1658Cleveland Inund. of Trent 74 Now Bedfellows do one another greet I' th' Saylors Phrase, Vere, vere, more Sheet.
b. To let out (any line or rope); to allow to run out gradually to a desired length.
1574W. Bourne Regiment for Sea xiv. (1577) 42 They haue a pece of wood, and a line to vere out ouer borde. 1628–9Digby Voy. Medit. (Camden) 75, I bore vp to her, and by a barrell viered her out a long hawser. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 608 As you veer out the Log-Line, set the Drift of the Log with your Compass. 1721Phil. Trans. XXXI. 178 [He] marches on the bottom of the Sea, vearing out the Coiles of his Pipe. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §68 They rowed it towards the rock, veering out a rope, which they had fastened to the large boat. 1839Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. II. 178/2 They had the appearance of a single rope capable of being coiled and veered out conveniently. 1893W. R. Mackintosh Around Orkney Peat Fires (1905) II. 136 [He] veered out the boat's tether till he came along⁓side the vessel.
†c. Similarly without adv. Obs. rare.
1624Capt. Smith Virginia vi. 219 As fast as you can hale and vere a line. 1787Best 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.
1539in R. G. Marsden Sel. Rec. Crt. Adm. (Selden) I. 67 The marinars of the sayd Venys shippe did vere owt there grete bote. 1824Mechanic's Mag. No. 41. 215 They tried the means of veering away a buoy. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son lxxiv, We veered an empty cask astern, with a rope attached to it. 1834Marryat P. Simple (1863) 207 They veered out a buoy with a line, which we got hold of. 1846A. 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. To let out or pay out (a cable).
1604Adm. Ct. Exam. 21 May, The cables were not viered. 1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 203 On both sides was crying out to veere cable. Ibid., Those [cables were] very short, and vered to the better end. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. vii. 30 Veere more Cable, is when you ride at Anchor. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 156 Tho' they immediately let go the Sheet-Anchor, and veer'd almost two Cables on it, yet they drove out to Sea. 1789Trans. Soc. Arts VII. 211 Cables veered astern, with tackles leading from them to the ship's quarters. 1854G. B. Richardson Univ. Code v. (ed. 12) 1280, I cannot veer more cable. 1870Meade New Zealand 290 After veering cable we went to quarters. 1899F. T. Bullen Way Navy 41 Every anchor fell and cable was veered to five shackles.
fig.1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass v. v. 46 Traines shall seeke out Ingine,..euery cable Is to be veer'd.
absol.1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) A a a 4 b, Ne file plus amarre! keep fast the cable! stopper the cable! veer no more! 1775Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 404 At 4 a.m. found ship drove, veered to a whole cable.
b. With away or out.
(a)1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 437 This obliged us to let go our Sheet Anchor, veering out a good scope of Cable. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) A a a 4 b, Filer le cable bout par bout,..to veer out the cable end-for-end. 1899F. T. Bullen Log Sea-waif 74 The warships, which, with topmasts housed and cables veered out to the clinch, were all steaming full speed ahead.
(b)1748Anson's Voy. ii. iii. 138 To veer away the cable briskly. Ibid. iii. ii. 319 After we had veered away one whole cable. 1765Commodore Byron Voy. (1773) I. 79 A thick fog coming on with hard rain, we veered away the stream cable. 1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 357 ‘Veer away the cable,’ that is, slack it and let it run out.
fig.1769M. Cumberland Brothers in Brit. Theat. (1808) XVIII. 17 I'll veer away no more good advice after you.
c. To put on (cables) end to end. rare—1.
1806A. Duncan 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.).
1769Falconer Dict. Marine, To 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. 1841R. 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. 1867Smyth 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. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 282 By hauling and veering on it,..a sufficiently uniform strain on it would be obtained.
fig.1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 251 The agents have a certain margin to veer and haul on in their commission. 1901Speaker 27 April 109/2 Here is a sum on which the British Government may fairly veer and haul.
†5. intr. Of a ship: To sail with the sheet let out. Obs.
a1625Nomenclator Navalis (MS. Harl. 2301) s.v., When a Shipp sailes, and the Sheate is veered-out, wee saie she goes veering. 1692Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. 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.
▪ IV. veer, v.2|vɪə(r)|
Forms: 6 verre (?), 7 vere, vear(e, veere, 7– veer.
[ad. F. virer (= Sp. virar, birar, Pg. virar, It. virare), to turn, to veer; of obscure origin. See also vire v.]
1. intr.
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. Orig. Naut.
1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. 73 And after that the winde verred [sic] to the Southwest they bare with the same. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 39 Now the wind veeres, that is, it doth shift from point to point. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 6 The wind in one hours space veering about every point of the Compass. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies 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. 1744J. Claridge Sheph. Banbury's Rules 15 The wind commonly veers to the South West. 1777Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 230 The wind was Easterly. At the instant of the shock it is said to have veered to the West. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xxxi, The wind had veered round, and the Aurora was now able to lay up clear of the island of Maritimo. 1849M. Somerville Connex. Phys. 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. 1899F. T. Bullen Log Sea-waif 317 The next night the wind veered to the eastward.
†b. To turn round, revolve. Obs.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. Columnes 459 O! thou fair Chariot,..thou do'st alwaies veer About the North-Pole. Ibid. 484 As long as Heav'n's swift Orb shall veer. 1611Cotgr., Virer, to veere, turne round, wheele or whirle about.
2. Naut. Of a ship: To change course; spec. to turn round with the head away from the wind in order to sail on another tack.
c1620Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 134 The other veres as slowe, Lar-board and Star-board. 1697Dryden æneid v. 1088 A-head of all the Master Pilot steers, And, as he leads, the following navy veers. 1761British Mag. II. 497 The Packet in haste to Beaumaurice was veering, When, lo! a large ship towards our vessel was steering. 1798Coleridge Anc. Mar. iii. iii, It plunged and tacked and veered. 1848Lytton Harold iii. ii, The Earl's fleet after a brief halt veered majestically round. 1878Susan Phillips On Seaboard 119 The coble tossed, and veered, and tacked, As she strove to make the shore.
3. Of things: To turn round or about; to change from one direction or course to another.
Also in fig. context (quot. 1690): cf. sense 4.
1633T. James Voy. 12 The water veer'd to a lower ebbe. 1690Dryden Amphitryon v. 48 Thou Weather-cock of Government; that when the Wind..changes for the Soveraign, veers to Prerogative.
1810Scott Lady of L. i. xiii, A narrow inlet,..Lost for a space, through thickets veering, But broader when again appearing. 1823Byron Island i. iii, No more at thy command The obedient helm shall veer, the sail expand. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ball., Rondel 5 Grief a fixed star, and joy a vane that veers. 1878Geo. Eliot Coll. Breakf. P. 811 The shadows slowly farther crept and veered Like changing memories.
b. Of persons or animals.
1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 17 Susanna slipped..from the side of her mamma, and veering toward Harry, she went on one side. 1805Wordsw. Prelude iv. 20 'Twas but a short hour's walk, ere veering round I saw the snow-white church. 1825Cobbett Rur. Rides 322 After passing Bullington, Sutton, and Wonston we veered away from State-Charity. 1879Tourgee Fool's Err. xxxvi. 256 The amazed horse veered quickly to one side, and stopped as if stricken to stone.
4. fig. To change or alter; to pass from one state, position, tendency, etc., to another; to be variable or changeable:
a. Of persons.
1670Dryden Conq. Granada iii. i, Two Factions turn him with each Blast of Wind. But now he shall not veer. 1682S. Pordage Medal Rev. 2 When the Tide turn'd, then strait about he veers, And for the stronger side he still appears. 1714Swift Jacks put to their Trumps Wks. 1841 II. 852 Those few at last veer'd quite about, And join'd in my disgrace. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. viii. §4 (1841) I. 312/1 Alcibiades was of a pliant and flexible disposition, that would take any impression which the difference of times and circumstances might require, still veering either to good or evil with the same facility and ardor. 1821Praed Gog Poems 1865 I. 95 Linda, like many a modern Miss, Began to veer around at this. 1858H. Bushnell Nat. & Supernat. x. (1864) 308 The infirmity..shown by human teachers, when they veer a little from their point..to catch the assent of multitudes. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 56 He is a man to veer about like a weather⁓cock.
b. Of feelings, thoughts, conditions, etc.
1669Dryden Tyrannic Love iv. i, Like a wind it [love] in no quarter stays; But points and veers each hour a thousand ways. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 296 For as these passions veer, my interest veers, my steerage varys. 1756H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 198 Madame Pompadour, perceiving how much the King's disposition veered to devotion, artfully took the turn of humouring it. 1813Scott Rokeby i. xxii, While his own troubled passions veer Through hatred, joy, regret, and fear. 1833H. Martineau Fr. Wines & Pol. iii. 47 Her thoughts were ready to veer any way in hope of escape. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 52 Seldom has the fortune of war veered round so rapidly.
c. To diverge or differ from something. rare—1.
1796Campaigns, 1793–4 I. i. iv. 25 Your opinion, dear Richard, veer'd widely from mine.
5. 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.
1625in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1909) III. 54 [The Portuguese] payde away, vearinge to delay time for our cominge upp with them. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 40 Foundering is when she will neither veere nor steare, the Sea will..ouer rake her. 1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 66 If the Wind be contrary, they never strive against it, but vere about. 1692Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xvi. 76 In keeping the Ship near the Wind, these terms are used,..Veer no more, keep her to, touch the Wind. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine s.v. Veering, If..it is absolutely necessary to veer, in order to save the ship from destruction. 1810J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator 290 To veer, to change a ship's course from one tack to the other, by turning her stern to windward. 1884Pae Eustace 124 My lads, lie to, then veer and sail against the wind.
b. trans. (with ship as object).
1769Falconer Dict. Marine s.v. Veering, When it becomes necessary to veer the ship, the sails towards the stern are either furled, or brailed up.
6. trans. To turn (something) from one course or direction to another. Also fig. (cf. 4).
(a)1647N. Ward Simple Cobler (1843) 30, I veer'd my tongue to this Kind of Language de industria. 1809Kendall Trav. III. 18 The tone of the British Cabinet is veered by every incidental change of war. 1883Meredith Poet. Wks. (1912) 212 Cities and martial States, Whither soon the youth veered his theme.
(b)1804J. Grahame Birds of Scot. 85 Her bleeding wing she veers..; on him she springs. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 81 A lofty beech To veer [L. torqueat] the bottom of the carriage [sc. the plough]. 1876Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 167 At each successive scarification he veers the direction of the parallel incisions.
†7. To turn about or screw in order to adjust; to cause to revolve or whirl. Obs.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. V, 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. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xvii. 140 A pair of Yarn Windles, which she..unintermittedly veered, and frisked about.
▪ V. veer
south-western dial. variant of feer v. |