Branch pilot

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• branch-pilot

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

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• Branch

  ·vi To divide into separate parts or subdivision. II. Branch ·vt To divide as into branches; to mak...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Branch

  A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:1...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• branch

  The diploma of those pilots who have passed at the Trinity House, as competent to navigate vessels i...

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• Pilot

  ·noun The cowcatcher of a locomotive. II. Pilot ·noun An instrument for detecting the compass error...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• pilot

  An experienced person charged with the ship's course near the coasts, into roads, rivers, &c., and t...

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• civil branch

  That department executed by civilians, as contradistinguished from the army or navy branch. ...

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• executive branch

  The commissioned and working officers of the ship, as distinguished from the civilian branch. ...

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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

  ·add. ·- A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction of air currents. ...

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• Pilot flag

  ·add. ·- The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot, in the United States the union j...

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• Pilot lamp

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pilot light. ...

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• Pilot light

  ·add. ·- A small incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by ...

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• Pilot valve

  ·add. ·- A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand. ...

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• Pilot wheel

  ·add. ·- A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of ...

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• Sky pilot

  ·add. ·- A person licensed as a pilot. ...

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• pilot-bird

  n. This name is given toa sea-bird of the Caribbean Islands. In Australia itis applied to Pycnoptil...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• coasting pilot

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

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• pilot cutter

  A very handy sharp-built sea-boat used by pilots. ...

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• pilot-fish

  ♦ Naucrates ductor, a member of the Scomber family, the attendant on the shark. ...

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• Rosemary Branch Alley

  See Little Prescot Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.