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PILOTING
piloting, pilotage
(noun) the occupation of a pilot
navigation, pilotage, piloting
(noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
piloting
present participle of pilot
Noun
piloting (usually uncountable, plural pilotings)
the form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points
Anagrams
• politing
Source: Wiktionary
PILOT
Pi"lot, n. Etym: [F. pilote, prob. from D. peillood plummet, sounding lead; peilen, pegelen, to sound, measure (fr. D. & G. peil, pegel, a sort of measure, water mark) + lood lead, akin to E. lead. The pilot, then, is the lead man, i.e., he who throws the lead. See Pail, and Lead a metal.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman. Dryden.
2. 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.
3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.
4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.] Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
– Pilot bird. (Zoöl.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; - - so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. Crabb. (b) The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.]
– Pilot boat, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive pilots as they board and leave vessels.
– Pilot bread, ship biscuit.
– Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.
– Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear.
– Pilot fish. (Zoöl) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); -- so named because it is often seen in company with a shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark. (b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata).
– Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot.
– Pilot jacket, a pea jacket.
– Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. Waddell.
– Pilot snake (Zoöl.) (a) A large North American snake (Coluber obsoleus). It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the scales. Called also mountain black snake. (b) The pine snake.
– Pilot whale. (Zoöl.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
Pi"lot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Piloting.] Etym: [Cf. F. piloter.]
1. To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
2. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties. "The art of piloting a state." Berkeley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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