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Helm
·noun ·see <<Haulm>>, straw. II. Helm ·noun A <<Helve>>. III. Helm ·noun A <<Helmet>>. IV. Helm ·...

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helm
1) a hovel. N. 2) stubble gathered after the corn is housed ; also pease straw. S. ...

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helm
Properly is the tiller, but sometimes used to express the rudder, and the means used for turning it,...

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Her
(·pron ·pl) ·Alt. of <<Here>>. II. Her ·pron & ·adj The form of the objective and the possessive ca...

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helm-port
The round hole or cavity in a ship's counter, through which the head of the rudder passes into the t...

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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...

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slack helm
If the ship is too much by the stern, she will carry her helm too much a-lee. ...

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small-helm
One of the principal results of sound seamanship is the proper trim of the vessel and the sail carri...

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taut helm
, or taut weather-helm. A ship with a side wind is said to carry a taut weather-helm, when the wat...

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weather-helm
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...

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back-her
The order, in steam-navigation, directing the engineer to reverse the movement of the cranks and urg...

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ease her!
In a steamer, is the command to reduce the speed of the engine, preparatory to "stop her," or before...

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meet her!
The order to adjust the helm, so as to check any further movement of the ship's head in a given dire...

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slow her!
In steam navigation, the same as "Ease her!" ...

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snubbing her
Bringing a ship up suddenly with an anchor, and short range of cable, yet without jerking. [Said to ...

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stop her!
An order to check the cable in being payed out. Also, a self-explanatory phrase to direct the engine...

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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb. ...

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ease the helm!
An order often given in a vessel close-hauled, to put the helm down a few spokes in a head sea, with...

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helm-port transom
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...

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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel. ...

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shift the helm!
The order for an alteration of its position, by moving it towards the opposite side of the ship; tha...

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starboard the helm!
So place the helm that the rudder is brought on the port side of the stern-post. (See hard-a-starboa...

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taut weather-helm
See taut helm ...

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dragging on her
Said of a vessel in chase, or rounding a point, when she is obliged to carry more canvas to a fresh ...

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eyes of her
The foremost part of the bay, or in the bows of a ship. In olden times, and now in Spanish and Itali...

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give her sheet
The order to ease off; give her rope. ...

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hang on her!
In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat. ...

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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind. ♦ Haul your wind, or haul to the wind, signif...

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keep her own
Not to fall off; not driven back by tide. ...

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keeping her way
The force of steady motion through the water, continued after the power which gave it has varied or ...

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lost her way
When the buoy is streamed, and all is ready for dropping the anchor. ...

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pricking her off
Marking a ship's position upon a chart by the help of a scale and compasses, so as to show her situa...

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Helm on ye Hoope
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...

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down with the helm!
An order to put the helm a-lee. ...

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feel the helm, to
To have good steerage way, carrying taut weather-helm, which gives command of steerage. Also said of...

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up with the helm
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...

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woman and her husband
A married couple, where the woman is bigger than her husband. ...

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lay her course, to
To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it. ...

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luff and touch her!
Try how near the wind she will come. (See touching.) ...

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steer her course, to
Going with the wind fair enough to lay her course. ...

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odds plut and her nails
A Welch oath, frequently mentioned in a jocular manner by persons, it is hoped, ignorant of its mean...

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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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give her so and so
The direction of the officer of the watch to the midshipman, reporting the rate of sailing by the lo...

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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...

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room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.
Stealing poultry. ...

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