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  • English Word Steerage Definition Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
  • English Word Steerage Definition Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
  • English Word Steerage Definition That by which a course is directed.
  • English Word Steerageway Definition A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
  • English Word Steered Definition of Steer
  • English Word Steerer Definition One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
  • English Word Steering Definition of Steer
  • English Word Steering Definition a. & n. from Steer, v.
  • English Word Steerless Definition Having no rudder.
  • English Word Steerling Definition A young small steer.
  • English Word Steersman Definition One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.
  • English Word Steersmate Definition One who steers; steersman.
  • English Word Steersmen Definition of Steersman
  • English Word Steeve Definition To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
  • English Word Steeve Definition To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
  • English Word Steeve Definition To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
  • English Word Steeve Definition The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
  • English Word Steeve Definition A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
  • English Word Steeved Definition of Steeve
  • English Word Steeving Definition of Steeve
  • English Word Steeving Definition The act or practice of one who steeves.
  • English Word Steeving Definition See Steeve, n. (a).
  • English Word Steg Definition A gander.
  • English Word Steganographist Definition One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer.
  • English Word Steganography Definition The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.
  • English Word Steganophthalmata Definition The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia.
  • English Word Steganopod Definition One of the Steganopodes.
  • English Word Steganopodes Definition A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.
  • English Word Steganopodous Definition Having all four toes webbed together.
  • English Word Stegnosis Definition Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts.