PILOT

A person qualified and appointed by proper authority to conduct ships in and out of particular harbours, or along certain coasts, at a certain fixed rate, depending on the draught of water. The pilot has the charge of the ve el while in pilot water, and the captain or master neglects or opposes the pilot's advice on his own responsibility. (See MCulloch's Commercial Diet.) PIMELITE. {Gr.vtfjiiXvi. fatne .) A green hydrated silico-aluminous mineral, containing oxide of nickel, of a greasy feel. [s. 942]