pilot cutter

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• cutter

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• cutter

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• cutter

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• Pilot

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• pilot

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• Hay-cutter

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• Sward-cutter

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• daisy cutter

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• cutter-brig

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• Branch pilot

  ·- A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation. ...

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• Cow-pilot

  ·noun A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); ...

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• Pilot balloon

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• Pilot flag

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• Pilot lamp

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• Pilot light

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• Pilot valve

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• Pilot wheel

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• pilot-bird

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• branch-pilot

  One approved by the Trinity House, and holding a branch, for a particular navigation. ...

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• coasting pilot

  A pilot who has become sufficiently acquainted with the nature of any particular coast, to conduct a...

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• pilot-fish

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• cutter-stay fashion

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