Definition of pilot

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Pilot (v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous..

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Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
Marker :: Marker (n.) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler..
Steerable :: Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot..
Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end.
Lodemanage :: Lodemanage (n.) Pilotage.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Deductor :: Deductor (n.) The pilot whale or blackfish.
Texas :: Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc..
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..
Lode-ship :: Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat.
Branch Pilot :: Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation..
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..
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..
Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
Lodesman :: Lodesman (n.) A pilot.
Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.
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