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Helm

See Haulm, straw.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Leadership 76% connected

The office of a leader.

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Leading 76% connected

of Lead

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Maneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 76% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Steer 76% connected

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

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Wheel 76% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Containing whole 5

Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Towboat 70% connected

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

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Tower 70% connected

A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

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Tug 70% connected

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

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Tugboat 70% connected

See Tug, n., 3.

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