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West :: West (v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..

Laveer :: Laveer (v. i.) To beat against the wind; to tack.

East :: East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.

Bitt :: Bitt (v. t.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away..

Veered :: Veered (imp. & p. p.) of Vee.

North :: North (v. i.) To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

Orientate :: Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward..

Bollard :: Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes..

Easter :: Easter (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.

Veering :: Veering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vee.

Veer :: Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel..

Ware :: Ware (v. t.) To wear, or veer. See Wear..

South :: South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

Fetch :: fetch (v. i.) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward..

Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer..

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