Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Steer

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Steer


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(n.) A helmsman, a pilot.

(2):

(v. t.) A rudder or helm.

(3):

(a.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.

(5):

(v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.

(6):

(v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.

(7):

(n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.

(8):

(v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.