laveer
English
Etymology
From Dutch laveren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləˈvɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Verb
laveer (third-person singular simple present laveers, present participle laveering, simple past and past participle laveered)
- (nautical, obsolete) To beat against the wind; to tack.
- 1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux:
- But those that 'gainst stiff Gales laveering go
- Must be at once resolv'd and skilful too.
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Anagrams
- Leaver, leaver, reveal, vealer