Veer

v. i. [imp. & p. p. VEERED; p. pr. & vb. n. VEERING.] [Fr. virer, Pr. & Pg. virar, Sp. virar, birar, It. & L. Lat. virare.] To change direction; to turn; as, the wind veers to the west or north.

And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden.

We are in a war . . . not with an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or interest may veer about. Burke.

To veer and haul (Naut.), to vary the course or direction; — said of the wind.

v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn. To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. — To veer away, to let out; to slacken and let run; as, to veer away the cable. This is called also paying out the cable. — To veer out, to suffer to run, or to let out to a greater length; as, to veer out a rope.