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heaume \heaume\ n.
1. a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders; called
also {helm}.
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Helm \Helm\, v. t.
To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only
as a past part. or part. adj.]
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She that helmed was in starke stours. --Chaucer.
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Helm \Helm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Helming}.]
To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
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The business he hath helmed. --Shak.
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A wild wave . . . overbears the bark,
And him that helms it. --Tennyson.
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Helm \Helm\, n. [AS. See {Helmet}.]
1. A helmet. [Poetic]
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2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov.
Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Helm \Helm\, n.
See {Haulm}, straw.
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Helm \Helm\, n. [OE. helme, AS. helma rudder; akin to D. & G.
helm, Icel. hj[=a]lm, and perh. to E. helve.]
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1. (Naut.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered,
comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used
of the tiller or wheel alone.
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2. The place or office of direction or administration. "The
helm of the Commonwealth." --Melmoth.
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3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman;
hence, a guide; a director.
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The helms o' the State, who care for you like
fathers. --Shak.
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4. [Cf. {Helve}.] A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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{Helm amidships}, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in
the same plane.

{Helm aport}, when the tiller is borne over to the port side
of the ship.

{Helm astarboard}, when the tiller is borne to the starboard
side.

{Helm alee}, {Helm aweather}, when the tiller is borne over
to the lee or to the weather side.

{Helm hard alee}, {Helm hard aport}, {Helm hard astarboard},
etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.


{Helm port}, the round hole in a vessel's counter through
which the rudderstock passes.

{Helm down}, helm alee.

{Helm up}, helm aweather.

{To ease the helm}, to let the tiller come more amidships, so
as to lessen the strain on the rudder.

{To feel the helm}, to obey it.

{To right the helm}, to put it amidships.

{To shift the helm}, to bear the tiller over to the
corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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