Definition of helm

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Helm (n.) One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director..

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Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Scolecida :: Scolecida (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes.
Sterelmintha :: Stere (n.) Helmsman. See 6th Steer.
Nematelmia :: Nematelmia (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A headpiece; a helmet.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Anthelmintic :: Anthelmintic (n.) An anthelmintic remedy.
Helminthagogue :: Helminthagogue (n.) A vermifuge.
Annuloida :: Annuloida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms..
Nasal :: Nasal (n.) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..
Strobile :: Strobilation (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian..
Hermaphrodite :: Hermaphrodite (n.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helmi
Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised..
Morion :: Morion (n.) A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat..
Casque :: Casque (n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages..
Steerer :: Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
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