Pilot

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

II. Pilot ·noun An instrument for detecting the compass error.

III. Pilot ·noun One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

IV. Pilot ·add. ·vt To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft).

V. Pilot ·vt Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

VI. Pilot ·vt To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

VII. Pilot ·noun Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

VIII. Pilot ·add. ·noun One who flies, or is qualified to fly, a balloon, an airship, or a flying machine.

IX. Pilot ·add. ·noun A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.

X. Pilot ·add. ·noun The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

XI. Pilot ·noun Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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