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Helm :: Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..

Bullock :: Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag..

Yaw :: Yaw (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

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..

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..

Wheelhouse :: Wheelhouse (n.) A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel..

Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily..

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.

Yaw :: Yaw (v. i. & t.) To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship..

Whipstaff :: Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering..

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..

Put :: Put (v. i.) To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

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

Sterelmintha :: Stere (n.) Helmsman. See 6th Steer.

Steerer :: Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

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

Steersmen :: Steerling (n.) A young small steer.

Steering :: Steerer (n.) One who steers; as, a boat steerer..

Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship..

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

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