VEDRO
Ve"dro, n. Etym: [Russ.]
Defn: A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U.S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons. McElrath.
VEER Veer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Veered; p. pr. & vb. n. Veering.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north. "His veering gait." Wordsworth. And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden. an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about. Burke. 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.
VEER
Veer, v. t.
Defn: To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. — To veer away or out (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope.
VEERING
Veer"ing, a.
Defn: Shifting.
— Veer"ing*ly, adv.
VEERY
Veer"y, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. Thoreau.