pilothouse (pilothous)

An inclosed place or house on deck which shelters the steering gear and the pilot or helmsman. In modern sea-going steam-ve els this is usually situated in some commanding position forward, and generally in connection with the officers' bridge. In a very large proportion of ve els, however, there is no pilot-house, the steersmen and steering-gear being left exposed. Also called wheel house. pilotism (pilot-izm), n. lotage; skill in piloting. pilot-jack (pilot-jak), n. [ A union or other IMG:content-0194.jpg:[graphic] flag hoisted by a ve el as a signal for a pilot. pilot-jacket (pilot-jak"et), n. A pea-jacket, such as is worn by seamen. See pea - jacket . pilot-light (pi'lot-lit), n. A very small gas- light kept burning beside a large burner, so that when the flow through the main burner is turned on it will be automatically lighted by the pilot-light. It is usually protected by a shield from being accidentally blown out. See by - pa . pilotry (pi'lot-ri), n. Same as pilotism . to be characteristic of certain rocks, and espepilot-snake (pī'lot-snāk), n. A harmle snake cially of the porphyrites, in which the ground of the United States, Coluber obsoletus . of feldspar, with which are frequently connected ma consists of slender lath-shaped microliths pilot weed (pilot-wed), n. Same as compa - plant. the phenomena of fluidal structure, amygdules, pilot-whale (pilot-hwal), n. Same as caaing and the presence of minute vitreous scales. whale. A small balpilourt, n. See piller1. pilot-balloon (pi'lot-ba-lön"), n. loon sent up in advance of a larger one to ascertain the direction and strength of the wind. pilot-bird (pīʻlot-bėrd), n. A bird found in the Caribbean Islands: so called because its presence at sea indicates to seamen their approach to these islands. pilot-boat (pi'lot-bot), lots for cruising off shore to meet incoming ships. On the coast of the United States pilot-boats are handy, weatherly schooner-rigged ve els, and frequently IMG:content-0195.jpg:[blocks in formation] Times answerable, like waters after a tempest, full of working and swelling, though without extremity of storm; but well pa ed through by the wisdom of the pilot . Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 131. Pa engers in a ship always submit to their pilot's dis- cretion, but especially in a storm. South , Sermons, Χ. ν. cuit. The city remaining without government of mag is- trate, like a ship left without a pilot . ... North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 601. The high-shoed ploughman, should he quit the land To take the pilot's rudder in his hand, The gods would leave him to the waves and wind, And think all shame was lost in human kind. Dryden , tr. of Persius's Satires, v. 148. 2. A guide; a director of the course of others; one who has the conduct of any affair requiring knowledge and judgment. pilot-bread (pi'lot-bred), n. Same as ship - bis