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ng near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman. Dryden.

To steer; to direct one's course; to go. His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. Dryden.

ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used fro dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.

To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]

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…

One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

troop; also, an assemblage of animals. [Obs.] "A sort of shepherds." Spenser. "A sort of steers." Spenser. "A sort of doves." Dryden. "A sort of rogues." Massinger. A boy, a child, and we a sort of us, Vowed against his voyage. Chapman.

A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

A rudder. See 5th Steer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A steersman. [Obs.]

end the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.

r straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. We steered directly through a large outlet which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad. De Foe.

A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.

A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.

A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.

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.