Conning tower: alternatives and connections

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat,…

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…

A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called al…

Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fi…

To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, un…

A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a…

A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

The pilot whale or blackfish.

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses…

A locomotive with pilot at each end.

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…

A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.