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veer
(encz) | veer,otočení n: Zdeněk Brož |
veer
(encz) | veer,prudce zatočit v: Zdeněk Brož |
veer
(encz) | veer,stočení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Veer
(gcide) | 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.
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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
(gcide) | Veer \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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veer
(wn) | veer
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to
the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer,
slue, slew, cut]
2: shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" [ant:
back] |
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veered
(encz) | veered,prudce zatočený Zdeněk Brož |
veering
(encz) | veering,prudké zatočení n: Zdeněk Brož |
veers
(encz) | veers,prudce zatáčí Zdeněk Brož |
veery
(encz) | veery, n: |
Laveer
(gcide) | Laveer \La*veer"\, v. i. [D. laveren.] (Naut.)
To beat against the wind; to tack. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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To veer and haul
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Veer \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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To veer away
(gcide) | Veer \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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To veer out
(gcide) | Veer \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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To veer out the cable
(gcide) | Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[=a]"b'l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum,
caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G.
kabel, from the French. See Capable.]
1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length,
used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes.
It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
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2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with
some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of
a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
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3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member
of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral
twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
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Bower cable, the cable belonging to the bower anchor.
Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by a
continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary
motor.
Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the
merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or
more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is
either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600
feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile).
Cable tier.
(a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed.
(b) A coil of a cable.
Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower
cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and
heavy seas.
Submarine cable. See Telegraph.
To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to slacken
it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run
out of the hawse hole.
To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas,
etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse,
et.
To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it
all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to
weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
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Veer
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Veer \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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Veerable
(gcide) | Veerable \Veer"a*ble\ (-[.a]*b'l), a.
Changeable; shifting; as, winds veerable to southwest.
--Dampier.
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Veered
(gcide) | 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.
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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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Veering
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Veering \Veer"ing\, a.
Shifting. -- Veer"ing*ly, adv.
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Veeringly
(gcide) | Veering \Veer"ing\, a.
Shifting. -- Veer"ing*ly, adv.
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Veery
(gcide) | Veery \Veer"y\, n. (Zool.)
An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the
Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown
above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown.
Called also Wilson's thrush.
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Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. --Thoreau.
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veering
(wn) | veering
n 1: the act of turning aside suddenly [syn: swerve,
swerving, veering] |
veery
(wn) | veery
n 1: tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song [syn:
veery, Wilson's thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens] |
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