‖n. [ F. corvée, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together; cor- + rogare to ask. ] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ D. laveren. ] (Naut.) To beat against the wind; to tack. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n. ] 1. The act of rising. “ The sun's levee.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To attend the levee or levees of. [ 1913 Webster ]

He levees all the great. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy. ] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ F. ] See Levy in mass, under Levy, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is loved. [ Humorous ] “The lover and lovee.” Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And as he leads, the following navy veers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Changeable; shifting; as, winds veerable to southwest. Dampier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shifting. -- Veer"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. Thoreau. [ 1913 Webster ]