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Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) The heel of a rudder.

Steer :: Steer (v. t.) A rudder or helm.

Steerling :: Steerless (a.) Having no rudder.

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) A riddle or sieve.

Sole :: Sole (n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel..

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1..

Rudderstock :: Rudderstock (n.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel..

Coble :: Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England..

Disrudder :: Disrudder (v. t.) To deprive of the rudder, as a ship..

Rudderhole :: Rudderhole (n.) The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost passes.

Skeg :: Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached..

Stere :: Stere (n.) A rudder. See 5th Steer.

Shole :: Shole (n.) A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like..

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.

Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end..

Navigation :: Navigation (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship..

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering..

Rudderless :: Rudderless (a.) Without a rudder.

Rudderhead :: Rudderhead (n.) The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached..

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