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On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.

A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

Armor: defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.

The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather ! Totten.

A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]

titude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) To put the helm up (or to windward) and so put the ship before the wind; to bear away. Hamersly. -- To bear upon (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring o…

s. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten.

. [Obs.] His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. Spenser. Best bower, Small bower. See the Note under Anchor.

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.

dle Ages. [Written also brigantine.] Jer. xlvi. 4. Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. Milton.

The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay. Cowper.

A kind of helmet. [Written also burganet.] Shak.

in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. -- Call note, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artifically applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. L…

worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To assume the calotte, to become a priest.

ions forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.