Definition of steer

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Steepy (a.) Steep; precipitous.

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Bullock :: Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag..
Put :: Put (v. i.) To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a 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 for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..
Northern :: Northern (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind..
Yaw :: Yaw (v. i. & t.) 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..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..
Steerable :: Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot..
Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
Steer :: Steer (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
Steerer :: Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse)..
Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
Steerage :: Steerage (n.) The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..
Helm :: Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..
Whipstaff :: Whipstaff (n.) A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering..
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