pilot (pilot)

t. [F. piloter, pilot; from the noun.] To steer; direct the course of, especially through an intricate or perilous pa age; guide through dangers or difficulties. Where the people are well-educated, the art of piloting a state is best learned from the writings of Plato. Bp . Berkeley , Siris, § 332. If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the will have a chance to pilot her Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 89. jaborandi , though this word has been applied to various pungent sudorific plants. pilori-rat (pi-lō'ri-rat), n. A book-name of the Cuban hutia-conga, Capromys pilorides . IMG:content-0193.jpg:[blocks in formation]