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To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.

To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course. "No helmsman steers." Tennyson.

the steerage of a ship. He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth. Milton.

A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. Milton.

Helmsman. See 6th Steer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To forge on an anvil. The forge that stithied Mars his helm. Shak.

er; combat; disturbance; passion. [Obs.] Fairfax. "That woeful stowre." Spenser. She that helmed was in starke stours [fierce conflicts]. Chaucer.

Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream. His nodding helm emits a streamy ray. Pope.

phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.

or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.

ators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. -- Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. -- Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2 (a)…

To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun. Wilhelm. Swivel bridge, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. -- Swivel hook, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle.…

To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course.

To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.] They tainted each other on the helms and passed by. Ld. Berners.

uarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. Wilhelm.

hment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.

A headpiece; a helmet. [Obs.] The shields bright, testers, and trappures. Chaucer.