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Pilot
Pilot Pi"lot, n.
1. (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, a
balloon, an airship, or a flying machine.
2. (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide
the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
3. (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small
dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
Pilot
Pilot Pi"lot, v. t. (A["e]ronautics)
To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft).
PilotPilot Pi"lot, n. [F. pilote, prob. from D. peillood plummet,
sounding lead; peilen, pegelen, to sound, measure (fr. D. &
G. peil, pegel, a sort of measure, water mark) + lood lead,
akin to E. lead. The pilot, then, is the lead man, i. e., he
who throws the lead. See Pail, and Lead a metal.]
1. (Naut.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a
steersman. --Dryden.
2. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by
authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or
in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.
3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a
difficult or unknown course.
4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a
large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called
because its presence indicates to mariners their
approach to these islands. --Crabb.
(b) The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.]
Pilot boat, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and
receive pilots as they board and leave vessels.
Pilot bread, ship biscuit.
Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.
Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to
make sure that the way is clear.
Pilot fish. (Zo["o]l)
(a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); -- so
named because it is often seen in company with a
shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which
sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark.
(b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata).
Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a
pilot.
Pilot jacket, a pea jacket.
Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied
temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the
thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.
--Waddell.
Pilot snake (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large North American snake (Coluber obsoleus). It
is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the
scales. Called also mountain black snake.
(b) The pine snake.
Pilot whale. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Blackfish, 1. PilotPilot Pi"lot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piloted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piloting.] [Cf. F. piloter.]
1. To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is
dangerous.
2. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or
difficulties. ``The art of piloting a state.' --Berkeley.
Meaning of Pilot from wikipedia
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Programmed Inquiry, Learning, or
Teaching (
PILOT) is a
simple high-level
programming language developed in the 1960s. Like its
younger sibling LOGO, it...
- An
aircraft pilot or
aviator is a
person who
controls the
flight of an
aircraft by
operating its
directional flight controls. Some
other aircrew members...
- A
television pilot (also
known as a
pilot or a
pilot episode and
sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in
United Kingdom and
United States television, is...
-
Blind Pilot is an
American indie folk band
based in Portland, Oregon,
United States. They have
released four
albums and one EP
since 2008. On July 15...
- A
maritime pilot,
marine pilot,
harbor pilot, port
pilot, ship
pilot, or
simply pilot, is a
mariner who has
specific knowledge of an
often dangerous or...
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Pilot whales are
cetaceans belonging to the
genus Globicephala. The two
extant species are the long-finned
pilot whale (G. melas) and the short-finned...
- A
pilot experiment,
pilot study,
pilot test or
pilot project is a small-scale
preliminary study conducted to
evaluate feasibility, duration, cost, adverse...
- The Palm
Pilot Personal and Palm
Pilot Professional are the
second generation of Palm PDA
devices produced by Palm Inc (then a
subsidiary of U.S. Robotics...
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Piloting or
pilotage is the
process of
navigating on
water or in the air
using fixed points of
reference on the sea or on land,
usually with reference...
- Look up
pilot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
pilot is a
person who
flies or
navigates an aircraft.
Pilot or The
Pilot may also
refer to: Maritime...
