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Steeved :: Steersmate (n.) One who steers; steersman.

Steward :: Steward (n.) A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge..

Steerage :: Steerable (a.) Capable of being steered; dirigible.

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.) Direction; regulation; management; guidance.

Spoke :: Spoke (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

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..

Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.

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

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.

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..

Steer :: Steer (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.

Wild :: Wild (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.

Steer :: Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox..

Put :: Put (v. i.) To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

Steersman :: Steersmen (pl. ) of Steersma.

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

Sterelmintha :: Stere (n.) Helmsman. See 6th Steer.

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..

Stere :: Stere (n.) A rudder. See 5th Steer.

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