steering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: steering	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
steering n the act of guiding or showing the way [syn: guidance, steering] the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" Synonym(s): steering, guidance, direction the act of steering a ship Synonym(s): steering, steerage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steering \Steer"ing\, a. & n. from {Steer}, v. {Steering wheel} (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steer \Steer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steering}.] [OE. steeren, steren, AS. sti[82]ran, st[?]ran, ste[a2]ran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D. sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuren, OHG. stiuren to direct, support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. st[?]ra to steer, govern,Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to establish, AS. ste[a2]r a rudder, a helm, and probably to Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. [?], and perhaps ultimately to E. stand. [fb]168. Cf. {Starboard}, {Stern}, n.] To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water. That with a staff his feeble steps did steer. --Spenser.