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Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder..

Posttiller :: Posttiller (n.) See Postiler.

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..

Artilleryman :: Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing..

Distillery :: Distillery (n.) The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on..

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm..

Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal..

Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..

Husbandman :: Husbandman (n.) A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.

Enginery :: Enginery (n.) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery..

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..

Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..

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..

Peasant :: Peasant (n.) A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries..

Instilllator :: Instilllator (n.) An instiller.

Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..

Park :: Park (v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc..

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

Ordnance :: Ordnance (n.) Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war..

Artillerist :: Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.

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