| slovo | definícia |
pilot
(mass) | pilot
- pokusný, pilotný, pilot, pilotovať |
pilot
(msas) | pilot
- pilot |
pilot
(msasasci) | pilot
- pilot |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,člun lodivoda n: [lod.] Petr Prášek |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,lodivod n: [lod.] Petr Prášek |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,pilot n: luno |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,pilotní adj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,pilotovat v: Petr Prášek |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,pokusný adj: např. projekt Petr Prášek |
pilot
(encz) | pilot,vést loď v: [lod.] Petr Prášek |
pilot
(czen) | pilot,aviatorn: Zdeněk Brož |
pilot
(czen) | pilot,flier Hynek Hanke |
pilot
(czen) | pilot,pilotn: luno |
Pilot
(gcide) | Pilot \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.
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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.
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3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a
difficult or unknown course.
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4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
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5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
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6. (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an
airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide
the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small
dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. (Television) a filmed or taped episode of a proposed
television series, produced as an example of the series.
It may be shown only to those television broadcast
executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the
series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest
sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
[PJC]
Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a
large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zool.)
(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. (Zool)
(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 (Zool.)
(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. (Zool.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
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Pilot
(gcide) | Pilot \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.
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2. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or
difficulties. "The art of piloting a state." --Berkeley.
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3. (A["e]ronautics) To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft);
to operate (an airplane).
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pilot
(gcide) | Cowcatcher \Cow"catch`er\ (-k?ch`?r), n.
A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in
front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off
obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]
Syn: fender, buffer, pilot.
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pilot
(wn) | pilot
n 1: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
[syn: pilot, airplane pilot]
2: a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters
going into or out of a harbor
3: a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to
attract sponsors [syn: pilot program, pilot film,
pilot]
4: something that serves as a model or a basis for making
copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn:
original, archetype, pilot]
5: small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a
larger gas burner [syn: pilot burner, pilot light,
pilot]
6: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear
the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot]
v 1: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly,
aviate, pilot]
2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan,
direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is
anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was
navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate,
pilot] |
pilot
(foldoc) | PILOT
Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching. CAI language, many
versions. "Guide to 8080 PILOT", J. Starkweather, Dr Dobb's J
(Apr 1977).
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pilot
(vera) | PILOT
Programmed Inquiry, Language Or Teaching (IBM)
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PILOT
(bouvier) | PILOT, mer. law. This word has two meanings. It signifies, first, an officer
serving on board of a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the
charge of the helm and of the ship's route; and, secondly, an officer
authorized by law, who is taken on board at a particular place, for the
purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road or channel, or from or
into port.
2. Pilots of the second description are established by legislative
enactments at the principal seaports in this country, and have rights, and
are bound to perform duties, agreeably to the provisions of the several laws
establishing them.
3. Pilots have been established in all maritime countries. After due
trial and experience of their qualifications, they are licensed to offer
themselves as guides in difficult navigation; and they are usually, on the
other hand, bound to obey the call of a ship-master to exercise their
functions. Abbott on Ship. 180; 1 John R. 305; 4 Dall. 205; 2 New R. 82; 5
Rob. Adm. Rep. 308; 6 Rob. Adm. R. 316; Laws of Oler. art. 23; Molloy, B. 2,
c. 9, s. 3 and 7; Wesk. Ins. 395; Act of Congress of 7th August, 1789, s. 4;
Merl. Repert. h.t.; Pardessus, n. 637.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
autopilot
(msas) | autopilot
- A/P |
pilotný
(msas) | pilotný
- pilot |
pilotovať
(msas) | pilotovať
- pilot |
autopilot
(msasasci) | autopilot
- A/P |
pilotny
(msasasci) | pilotny
- pilot |
pilotovat
(msasasci) | pilotovat
- pilot |
automatic pilot
(encz) | automatic pilot,automatický pilot n: [let.] automatic pilot,autopilot n: [let.] |
autopilot
(encz) | autopilot,autopilot n: |
autopilots
(encz) | autopilots,autopiloti n: pl. |
combat pilot
(encz) | combat pilot, n: |
copilot
(encz) | copilot,druhý pilot Zdeněk Brož |
fighter pilot
(encz) | fighter pilot, n: |
pilot balloon
(encz) | pilot balloon, n: |
pilot biscuit
(encz) | pilot biscuit, n: |
pilot bit
(encz) | pilot bit, n: |
pilot blacksnake
(encz) | pilot blacksnake, n: |
pilot boat
(encz) | pilot boat, n: |
pilot bread
(encz) | pilot bread, n: |
pilot burner
(encz) | pilot burner,věčný plamínek např. pro zapálení hlavního hořáku na
sporáku Clockpilot burner,zapalovací hořák Clock |
pilot chart
(encz) | pilot chart, n: |
pilot cloth
(encz) | pilot cloth, n: |
pilot engine
(encz) | pilot engine, n: |
pilot experiment
(encz) | pilot experiment,pilotní experiment Clock |
pilot film
(encz) | pilot film, n: |
pilot ladder
(encz) | pilot ladder, n: |
pilot lamp
(encz) | pilot lamp, n: |
pilot light
(encz) | pilot light,kontrolka Petr Prášekpilot light,věčný plamínek např. pro zapálení hlavního hořáku na
sporáku Petr Prášek |
pilot program
(encz) | pilot program, n: |
pilot project
(encz) | pilot project,zkušební projekt Zdeněk Brož |
pilot whale
(encz) | pilot whale,kulohlavec n: [zoo.] Pino |
pilotage
(encz) | pilotage, n: |
pilotfish
(encz) | pilotfish, |
pilothouse
(encz) | pilothouse,kormidelna n: [lod.] Petr Prášek |
piloting
(encz) | piloting,pilotáž n: Zdeněk Brožpiloting,pilotující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pilotless
(encz) | pilotless,bezpilotní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pilotless aircraft
(encz) | pilotless aircraft,bezpilotní letadlo [tech.] Clock |
pilots
(encz) | pilots,piloti n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
robot pilot
(encz) | robot pilot, n: |
senior pilot
(encz) | senior pilot, n: |
sky pilot
(encz) | sky pilot, n: |
stunt pilot
(encz) | stunt pilot, n: |
test pilot
(encz) | test pilot,zkušební pilot Zdeněk Brož |
waste isolation pilot plant (wipp).
(encz) | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).,mezisklad jaderného
paliva [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
automatický pilot
(czen) | automatický pilot,automatic pilotn: [let.] |
autopilot
(czen) | autopilot,A/P Pavel Cvrčekautopilot,automatic pilotn: [let.] autopilot,autopilotn: |
autopiloti
(czen) | autopiloti,autopilotsn: pl. |
bezpilotní
(czen) | bezpilotní,pilotlessadj: Zdeněk Brož |
bezpilotní letadlo
(czen) | bezpilotní letadlo,pilotless aircraft[tech.] Clock |
bezpilotní letoun
(czen) | bezpilotní letoun,dronen: web |
bezpilotní letouny
(czen) | bezpilotní letouny,dronesn: web |
druhý pilot
(czen) | druhý pilot,copilot Zdeněk Brož |
letadlo bez pilota
(czen) | letadlo bez pilota,dronen: Zdeněk Brož |
pilot induced oscillation
(czen) | Pilot Induced Oscillation,PIO[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
pilot/vehicle interface
(czen) | Pilot/Vehicle Interface,PVI[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
piloti
(czen) | piloti,pilotsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
pilotka
(czen) | pilotka,aviatressn: Zdeněk Brož |
pilotní
(czen) | pilotní,pilotadj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
pilotní experiment
(czen) | pilotní experiment,pilot experiment Clock |
pilotní kabina
(czen) | pilotní kabina,cockpitn: |
pilotovat
(czen) | pilotovat,flyv: Zdeněk Brožpilotovat,pilotv: Petr Prášek |
pilotující
(czen) | pilotující,pilotingadj: Zdeněk Brož |
pilotáž
(czen) | pilotáž,pilotingn: Zdeněk Brož |
remotely piloted vehicle
(czen) | Remotely Piloted Vehicle,RPV[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
zkušební pilot
(czen) | zkušební pilot,test pilot Zdeněk Brož |
autopilot
(gcide) | autopilot \autopilot\ n.
a device that automatically keeps ships or planes or
spacecraft on a steady course.
Syn: automatic pilot.
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Branch pilot
(gcide) | Branch pilot \Branch" pi`lot\
A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity
House, England, for special navigation.
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Cow-pilot
(gcide) | Cow-pilot \Cow"-pi`lot\ (kou"p[imac]`l[u^]t), n. (Zool.)
A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West
Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.
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Ice pilot
(gcide) | Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [imac]s; aksin to D.
ijs, G. eis, OHG. [imac]s, Icel. [imac]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis,
and perh. to E. iron.]
1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state
by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal.
Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C.
being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
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Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice
melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling
properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
it.
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2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson.
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3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
artificially frozen.
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4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
ice.
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Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and
other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
extensive fields which drift out to sea.
Ground ice, anchor ice.
Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under
Glacial.
Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a
field of ice. --Kane.
Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not
yet in sight.
Ice boat.
(a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on
ice by sails; an ice yacht.
(b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
Ice box or Ice chest, a box for holding ice; a box in
which things are kept cool by means of ice; a
refrigerator.
Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic]
--Shak.
Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice.
Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to
an ice field, but smaller.
Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane.
Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice
artificially, as by the production of a low temperature
through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glac['e].
Ice petrel (Zool.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of
the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
pieces.
Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the
course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called
also ice master.
Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.
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Morelia spilotes
(gcide) | Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
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Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
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2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
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3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
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4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
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5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
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6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
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Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.
Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.
Diamond beetle (Zool.), a large South American weevil
(Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.
Diamond bird (Zool.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus
punctatus}, family Ampelid[ae].). It is black, with
white spots.
Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.
Diamond finch (Zool.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.
Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.
Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.
Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.
Diamond snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of Australia
(Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.
Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
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Pilot
(gcide) | Pilot \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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a
difficult or unknown course.
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4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
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5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
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6. (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an
airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide
the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small
dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. (Television) a filmed or taped episode of a proposed
television series, produced as an example of the series.
It may be shown only to those television broadcast
executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the
series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest
sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
[PJC]
Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a
large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zool.)
(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. (Zool)
(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 (Zool.)
(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. (Zool.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
[1913 Webster]Pilot \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.
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2. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or
difficulties. "The art of piloting a state." --Berkeley.
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3. (A["e]ronautics) To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft);
to operate (an airplane).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cowcatcher \Cow"catch`er\ (-k?ch`?r), n.
A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in
front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off
obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]
Syn: fender, buffer, pilot.
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Pilot balloon
(gcide) | Pilot \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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a
difficult or unknown course.
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4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
[1913 Webster]
5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an
airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
7. (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide
the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small
dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. (Television) a filmed or taped episode of a proposed
television series, produced as an example of the series.
It may be shown only to those television broadcast
executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the
series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest
sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
[PJC]
Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a
large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zool.)
(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. (Zool)
(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 (Zool.)
(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. (Zool.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
[1913 Webster]Pilot balloon \Pilot balloon\
A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction
of air currents.
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