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Steerless :: Steering () a. & n. from Steer, v..

Steerable :: Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot..

Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

Con :: Con (v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer..

Steering :: Steered (imp. & p. p.) of Stee.

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..

Northern :: Northern (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind..

Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..

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

Sternson :: Sternsman (n.) A steersman.

Steered :: Steer (v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.

Steer :: Steer (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.

Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.

Steer :: Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox..

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..

Spoke :: Spoke (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

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

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