Obs. rare. Also 5 Sc. wyre, vyre. [ad. OF. virer to turn: cf. VEER v.2]
1. trans. To whirl or throw.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XVII. 702. Iohne Crab In his fagattis has set the fyre, And our the wall syne can thame wyre.
2. intr. To turn; to wind about.
1456. Sir G. Haye, Law Arms (S.T.S.), 119. As the dure turnis about apon the herre, and vyris and revyris.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia (1622), 436. No, no, hee hath vired all this while, but to come the sooner to his affected end.