Definition of steer

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

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Put :: Put (v. i.) To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse)..
Steerable :: Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot..
Steerage :: Steerage (n.) Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
Steerling :: Steerless (a.) Having no rudder.
Steering :: Steerer (n.) One who steers; as, a boat steerer..
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..
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats..
Bullock :: Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag..
Helm :: Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..
Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..
Steer :: Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stee.
Steerage :: Steerage (n.) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.
Steerageway :: Steerage (n.) That by which a course is directed.
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.
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..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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..
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