Sky pilot

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• Pilot

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

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• pilot

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

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• Sky

  ·noun Hence, a shadow. II. Sky ·noun The wheather; the climate. III. Sky ·noun A <<Cloud>>. IV. S...

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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

  ·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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• pilot-bird

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

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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 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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• Sky-blue

  ·adj Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone. ...

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• Sky-high

  ·adv & ·adj Very high. ...

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• sky blue

  Gin. ...

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• sky farmers

  Cheats who pretend they were farmers in the isle of Sky, or some other remote place, and were ruined...

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• sky parlour

  The garret, or upper story. ...

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• sky-racket

  The vulgar pronunciation of sky-rocket. ...

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• day-sky

  The aspect of the sky at day-break, or at twilight. ...

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• livid sky

  That blackish red and blue which pervade the sky, previous to an easterly gale, at sea: "Deep midn...

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• mackerel-sky

  See cirro-cumulus. ...

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• sky-gazer

  The ugly hare-lipped Uranoscopus, whose eyes are on the crown of its head; the Italians call him pes...

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• sky-larking

  In olden times meant mounting to the mast-heads, and sliding down the royal-stays or backstays for a...

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• sky-scraper

  A triangular sail set above the skysail; if square it would be a moonsail, and if set above that, a ...

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• water-sky

  In Arctic seas, a dark and dull leaden appearance of the atmosphere, the reflected blue of the sea i...

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• to sky a copper

  To toss up a cent. Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour. ...

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• lamb's-wool sky

  A collection of white orbicular masses of cloud. ...

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• scum-o'-the-sky

  Thin atmospheric vapours. ...

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