·noun Ships in general.
II. Navigation ·noun The management of sails, rudder, ·etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
III. Navigation ·noun The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
IV. Navigation ·noun the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, ·etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.