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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 Pilots from wikipedia
- airline,
pilots are
usually referred to as
airline pilots, with the
pilot in
command often referred to as the captain.
There were 290,000
airline pilots in...
- as
pilots, only
promoting them as a "special" or "movie". It is thus
often unclear to
initial viewers of
backdoor pilots that they are
seeing a
pilot of...
- acrobatics. Now
going by the name
Twenty One
Pilots, the
group released their debut, self-titled album,
Twenty One
Pilots, on
December 29, 2009, and
began touring...
- on
incoming ships to
bring pilots aboard.
Inland brown water trade also
relies on the work of
pilots known as trip
pilots. Due to the
shortage of qualified...
-
shared by the band
before they
settled on the name "Stone
Temple Pilots".
Stone Temple Pilots developed a fan base in San
Diego clubs and in 1992
signed with...
- The
Honourable Company of Air
Pilots,
formerly the
Guild of Air
Pilots and Air
Navigators (GAPAN), is one of the
Livery Companies of the City of London...
-
Programmed Inquiry, Learning, or
Teaching (
PILOT) is a
simple high-level
programming language developed in the 1960s. Like its
younger sibling LOGO, it...
- as Part of NIKE
Brand Refresh". Portland
Pilots.com.
October 17, 2014.
Retrieved June 8, 2020. "Portland
Pilots Men's Soccer:
Postseason History" (PDF)...
- land navigation.
Coastal mariners often use
reference manuals,
called "
pilots" for
navigating coastal waters. In
addition to
providing descriptions of...
-
Milkes both
optimistically predicted that the
Pilots could finish third in the new division. However, the
Pilots experienced the
typical struggles of a first-year...
