Steer
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A young male of the ox kind or common ox. It is rendered in Dutch, a bull; but in the United States, this name is generally given to a
castrated male of the ox kind, from two to four years old.
2. With solemn
pomp then sacrificd a steer
Steer
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To direct and
govern a ship or other vessel in its course. Formerly seamen
steered by the stars; they ow steer by the compass.
2. A ship--where the wind veers
oft, as
oft so steers and shifts her sail.
3. To be directed and governed; as, a ship steers with ease.
4. To conduct ones self; to take or pursue a course or way.
Steer
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To direct; to
govern; particularly, to direct and
govern the course of a ship by the movements of the
helm. Hence,
2. To direct; to guide; to show the way or course to.
3. That with a staff his feeble steps did steer
Steer
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a
castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under
Ox.
Steer
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To direct the course of; to guide; to
govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
Steer
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
2. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the
helm; as, the boat steers easily.
3. To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
Steerage
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. The act or practice of directing and
governing in a course; as the steerage of a ship.
2. [In this sense, I believe the word is now little used.]
3. In seamens language, the effort of a
helm, or its effect on the ship.
4. In a ship, an apartment forward of the great
cabin, from which it is separated by a bulk-head or partition, or an apartment in the fore part of a ship for passengers. In ships of war it serves as a hall or
antichamber to the great
cabin.
5. The part of a ship where the tiller traverses.
6. Direction; regulation.
7. He that hath the steerage of my course. [Little used.]
8. Regulation or management.
9. You raise the honor of the
peerage, proud to attend you at the steerage
10. That by which a course is directed.
11. Here he hung on high the steerage of his wings---
12. [Steerage, in the general sense of direction or management, is in popular use, but by no means an elegant word. It is said, a young man when he sets out in life, makes bad steerage; but no good writer would introduce the word into elegant writing.]
Steerage
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The act or practice of
steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
2. The effect of the
helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the
helm.
3. The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.
4. Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the
cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of
fare.
5. Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
6. That by which a course is directed.
In seamens language, that degree of progressive movement of a ship, which renders her
governable by the
helm.
A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel
governable by the
helm.
Steered
[Participle passive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Directed and governed in a course; guided; conducted.
Steerer
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
Steering
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
The act or art of directing and
governing a ship or other vessel in her course; the act of guiding or
managing.
Steering
[Participle present tense]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Directing and
governing in a course, as a ship; guiding; conducting.
The wheel by which the
rudder of a ship is turned and the ship
steered.
