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verb

Steer v. t. To castrate; said of male calves.

Steer v. t. (past & past part. steered; pres. part. steering) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; applied especially to a vessel in the water. "That with a staff his feeble steps did steer."

Steer v. i.

To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course. "No helmsman steers."

To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. "Where the wind Veers oft, as oft (a ship) so steers, and shifts her sail."

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

noun

Steering n. A. & n. from Steer, v.

Steering wheel (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered.

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Etymology of 'Steering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Steering" Quotes from Famous Books

... brought to supposed perfection, some twenty years ago, it was believed that the pole would easily be reached, but there were always the wild and wicked winds, in which no steering apparatus could be relied upon. We may steer and manage our vessels in the fiercest storms at sea, but when the ocean moves in one great tidal wave our rudders are of no avail. Everything rushes on together, and our strongest ships are cast ...

— The Great Stone of Sardis • Frank R. Stockton

... in fee-simple, of this beautiful region, I hastened in company with my naval friends to explore my little principality for a suitable town-site. We launched our boat on the waters of the noble lake Plitzogee at Toso, and after steering north-eastwardly for two hours under the pilotage of Prince Gray, entered a winding creek and penetrated its thickets of mangrove and palm, till the savage landed us on decayed steps and pavement made of English brick. ...

— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer

... peace descended. Over all Hispaniola the Indians submitted. Henceforth they were our subjects; let us say our victims and our slaves! Quarrels between Castilians died over night. Miraculously the sky cleared. Miraculously, or perhaps because of long, patient steering through storm. For three months we lived with an appearance of blossoming and prospering. It seemed that it might become a ...

— 1492 • Mary Johnston

... and fro on the logs, ascertained how the raft was put together, and took a pull on the long, clumsy steering-oar. At length he seated himself beside Lynn. He was eager to ask questions; to know about the rafts, the river, the forest, the Indians—everything in connection with this wild life; but already he had learned ...

— The Spirit of the Border - A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley • Zane Grey

... Shall down return to men. Orb'd in a rainbow; and, like glories wearing, Mercy will sit between, Throned in celestial sheen, With radiant feet the tissued clouds down steering, And Heaven, as at some festival, Will open wide the gates ...

— Brook Farm • John Thomas Codman

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