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STEERAGES
Noun
steerages
plural of steerage
Anagrams
• res gestae
Source: Wiktionary
STEERAGE
Steer"age, n.
1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth. Milton.
2. (Naut.) (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm. (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] Swift. (c) 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.
3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance. He that hath the steerage of my course. Shak.
4. That by which a course is directed. [R.] Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings. Dryden. Steerage passenger, a passenger who takes passage in the steerage of a vessel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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