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The tail of a bird. "The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship." Ray.

culate the resultant of a traverse. -- Traverse board (Naut.), a small board hung in the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It is used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresp…

To loose or free from a yoke. "Like youthful steers unyoked, they take their courses." Shak.

a distant place or country. I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. J. Fletcher. So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds. Milton. All the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. Shak.

g.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position. To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather gauge of laws. Hudibras. -- Weather helm (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side.…

A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.

Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.

To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question. Lowell.

boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.