Helm

n.	1.	See Haulm, straw.
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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.
	2.	The place or office of direction or administration.
	3.	One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director. The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers. - Shak.
	4.	A helve. 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 when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side. Helm hard alee 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.
v. t.	1.	To steer; to guide; to direct. [imp. & p. p. Helmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Helming.] The business he hath helmed. - Shak. A wild wave . . . overbears the bark, And him that helms it. - Tennyson.
n.	1.	A helmet.
	2.	A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
v. t.	1.	To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. She that helmed was in starke stours. - Chaucer.

Noun	1.	helm - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
	2.	helm - a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"

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