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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.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..

Steerage :: Steerage (n.) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.

Steersmen :: Steerling (n.) A young small steer.

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..

Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.

Steersmate :: Steersman (n.) One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.

Steer :: Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stee.

Helm :: Helm (n.) One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director..

Bullock :: Bullock (n.) An ox, steer, or stag..

Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship..

Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm..

Steer :: Steer (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.

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.

Steerage :: Steerage (n.) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.

Steersman :: Steersmen (pl. ) of Steersma.

Helm :: Helm (v. t.) To steer; to guide; to direct.

Rung :: Rung (n.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel..

Wheelhouse :: Wheelhouse (n.) A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel..

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