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pilot

PI'LOT, n.

1. One who steers a ship in a dangerous navigation, or rather one whose office or occupation is to steer ships, particularly along a coast, or into and out of a harbor, bay or river, where navigation is dangerous.

2. A guide; a director of the course of another person. [In colloquial use.]

PI'LOT, v.t. To direct the course of a ship in any place where navigation is dangerous.



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PI'LOT, n.

1. One who steers a ship in a dangerous navigation, or rather one whose office or occupation is to steer ships, particularly along a coast, or into and out of a harbor, bay or river, where navigation is dangerous.

2. A guide; a director of the course of another person. [In colloquial use.]

PI'LOT, v.t. To direct the course of a ship in any place where navigation is dangerous.


PI'LOT, n. [Fr. pilote; It. Sp. and Port. piloto. The French word piloter signifies to drive in piles, as well as to pilot, and pilotage is a piling, pile-work, a foundation of piles; Arm. pilocha, to drive piles. The D. loots, G. lothse, and Dan. lods, are from lead; the pilot then is the lead-man, he that throws the lead.]

  1. One who steers a ship in a dangerous navigation, or rather one whose office or occupation is to steer ships, particularly along a coast, or into and out of a harbor, bay or river, where navigation is dangerous.
  2. A guide; a director of the course of another person. [In colloquial use.]

PI'LOT, v.t.

To direct the course of a ship in any place where navigation is dangerous.


Pi"lot
  1. One employed to steer a vessel] a helmsman; a steersman.

    Dryden.
  2. To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
  3. One who flies, or is qualified to fly, a balloon, an airship, or a flying machine.
  4. To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft).
  5. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
  6. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

    "The art of piloting a state." Berkeley.
  7. A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
  8. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
  9. The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  10. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  11. The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

    [U.S.]

    Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind. -- Pilot bird. (Zoöl.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. Crabb. (b) The black- bellied plover. [Local, U.S.] -- Pilot boat, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive pilots as they board and leave vessels. -- Pilot bread, ship biscuit. -- Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats. -- Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear. -- Pilot fish. (Zoöl) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); -- so named because it is often seen in company with a shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark. (b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata). -- Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot. -- Pilot jacket, a pea jacket. -- Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. Waddell. -- Pilot snake (Zoöl.) (a) A large North American snake (Coluber obsoleus). It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the scales. Called also mountain black snake. (b) The pine snake. -- Pilot whale. (Zoöl.) Same as Blackfish, 1.

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Pilot

PI'LOT, noun

1. One who steers a ship in a dangerous navigation, or rather one whose office or occupation is to steer ships, particularly along a coast, or into and out of a harbor, bay or river, where navigation is dangerous.

2. A guide; a director of the course of another person. [In colloquial use.]

PI'LOT, verb transitive To direct the course of a ship in any place where navigation is dangerous.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

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