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. Etym: [Cf. Helve.]
Defn: A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 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 or hard aport, 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.
HELM
Helm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Helming.]
Defn: To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
The business he hath helmed. Shak.
A wild wave . . . overbears the bark, And him that helms it.
Tennyson.
HELM
Helm, n. Etym: [AS. See Helmet.]
1. A helmet. [Poetic]
2. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
HELM
Helm, v. t.
Defn: To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet. [Perh. used only as a past part. or part. adj.] She that helmed was in starke stours. Chaucer.