Pilot

(pilot.) [Fr. pilote.] One who has the care of a ship and super intends the navigation, either along Fig. 531. the seacoast or upon EARLY GOTHIC PILLAR. (A.D. 1220.) the main ocean. In a stricter sense, a pilot is one whose profe ion it is to direct a ship's course, when near the coast, into and out of the harbors,bays, roads, rivers, ., within his peculiar district. The captain neglects or opposes the directions of the pilot at his own risk. [s. 710]