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Helm (?), n. See Haulm, straw.
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Helm (?), n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G. helm, Icel. hj&ā;lm, and perh. to E. helve.]
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1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
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2. The place or office of direction or administration. “The helm of the Commonwealth.” Melmoth.
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3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
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The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers.
Shak.
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4. [Cf. Helve.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Helm amidships, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane. -- Helm aport, when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship. -- Helm astarboard, when the tiller is borne to the starboard side. -- Helm alee, Helm aweather, when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side. -- Helm hard alee, Helm hard aport, Helm hard astarboard, etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit. -- Helm port, the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes. -- Helm down, helm alee. -- Helm up, helm aweather. -- To ease the helm, to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder. -- To feel the helm, to obey it. -- To right the helm, to put it amidships. -- To shift the helm, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Helm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Helming.] To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
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The business he hath helmed.
Shak.
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A wild wave . . . overbears the bark,
And him that helms it.
Tennyson.
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Helm, n. [AS. See Helmet.] 1. A helmet. [Poetic]
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2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Helm, v. t. To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only as a past part. or part. adj.]
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She that helmed was in starke stours.
Chaucer.
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