Definition of pilot

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Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

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Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end.
Offing :: Offing (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing..
Knob :: Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..
Pilotry :: Pilotry (n.) Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot.
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..
Zopilote :: Zopilote (n.) The urubu, or American black vulture..
Lodesman :: Lodesman (n.) A pilot.
Deductor :: Deductor (n.) The pilot whale or blackfish.
Gopher :: Gopher (n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
Carangoid :: Carangoid (a.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish..
Cowcatxjer :: Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot..
Lodemanage :: Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage.
Lode-ship :: Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat.
Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Pilot :: Pilot (v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous..
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