Found 2 hits - Term: to veer and haul, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
veer \veer\, v. t.
to direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to
veer, or wear, a vessel.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
to veer and haul to veer away to veer out
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
veer \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.
1913 webster
and as he leads, the following navy veers. --dryden.
1913 webster
an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as
passion or as interest may veer about. --burke.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
veered veering vibrate ferrule environ to veer and haul
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