veelet

An obsolete dialectal form of feell. veer (ver), v. [Early mod. E. also vere; Also, as long as Heav'ns swift Orb shall veer, A sacred Trophee shall be shining heer. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. And, as he leads, the following navy veers . Dryden, Æneid, v. 1088. Fickle and false, they veer with every gale. Crabbe , Works, I. 174. 2. To shift or change direction: as, the wind veers to the north; specifically, in meteor., with respect to the wind, to shift in the same direc tion as the course of the sun-as, in the north ern hemisphere, from east by way of south to west. IMG:content-1730.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Naut., to change the course of by turning the stern to windward; lay on a different tack by turning the ve el's head away from the wind; wear: as, to veer ship. -To veer and haul, let out; slacken and let run: as, to veer away the cable. to pull tight and slacken alternately. - To veer away, to - To veer out, to suffer to run or to let out to a greater length: as, to veer out a rope.