Definition of pilot

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Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

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Cowcatxjer :: Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot..
Knob :: Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..
Branch Pilot :: Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation..
Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast 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..
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Piloting :: Piloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pilo.
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Branch :: Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
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..
Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..
Gopher :: Gopher (n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.
Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end.
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels..
Lodesman :: Lodesman (n.) A pilot.
Pilot :: Pilot (v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
Lodemanage :: Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman.
Piloted :: Piloted (imp. & p. p.) of Pilo.
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