Definition of pilot

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Pilot (n.) Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees..

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Pilotism :: Pilotism (n.) Alt. of Pilotr.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..
Lode-ship :: Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat.
Steerable :: Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot..
Pilotry :: Pilotry (n.) Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot.
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) Guidance, as by a pilot..
Lodesman :: Lodesman (n.) A pilot.
Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
Offing :: Offing (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing..
Branch :: Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters..
Zopilote :: Zopilote (n.) The urubu, or American black vulture..
Texas :: Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc..
Lodemanage :: Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage.
Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..
Pilot :: Pilot (v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous..
Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels..
Gopher :: Gopher (n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.
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