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Rother :: Rother (n.) A rudder.

Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder..

Steerling :: Steerless (a.) Having no rudder.

Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.

Canoe :: Canoe (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder..

Sternsman :: Sternpost (n.) A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel..

Steer :: Steer (v. t.) A rudder or helm.

Sole :: Sole (n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel..

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering..

Tiller :: Tiller (n.) 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..

Skeg :: Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached..

Rudder :: Rudder (n.) Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.

Double-ender :: Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end..

Helm :: Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..

Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder..

Rudderpost :: Rudderpost (n.) The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other..

Rudderless :: Rudderless (a.) Without a rudder.

Shole :: Shole (n.) A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like..

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