Helm

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Haulm, straw.

II. Helm ·noun A Helve.

III. Helm ·noun A Helmet.

IV. Helm ·vt To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.

V. Helm ·noun A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.

VI. Helm ·noun The place or office of direction or administration.

VII. Helm ·noun One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.

VIII. Helm ·vt To Steer; to Guide; to Direct.

IX. Helm ·noun The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, ·etc.;

— commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.

Related Words