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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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Feel \Feel\ (f[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felt} (f[e^]lt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Feeling}.] [AS. f[=e]lan; akin to OS.
gif[=o]lian to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G.
f["u]hlen, Icel. f[=a]lma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm
palm of the hand, L. palma. Cf. {Fumble}, {Palm}.]
1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means
of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body,
especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited
by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.
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Who feel
Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel.
--Creecn.
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2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this
piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often
with out.
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Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son.
--Gen. xxvii.
21.
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He hath this to feel my affection to your honor.
--Shak.
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3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to
experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or
sensitive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.
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Teach me to feel another's woe. --Pope.
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Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil
thing. --Eccl. viii.
5.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
--Pope.
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Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt.
--Byron.
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4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to
have an inward persuasion of.
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For then, and not till then, he felt himself.
--Shak.
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5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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{To feel the helm} (Naut.), to obey it.
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