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steerage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steerage  \Steer"age\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  or  practice  of  steering,  or  directing;  as  the 
  steerage  of  a  ship. 
 
  He  left  the  city,  and  in  a  most  tempestuous  season, 
  forsook  the  helm  and  steerage  of  the  common  wealth. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  (Naut.) 
  a  The  effect  of  the  helm  on  a  ship;  the  manner  in  which 
  an  individual  ship  is  affected  by  the  helm. 
  b  The  hinder  part  of  a  vessel;  the  stern.  [R.]  --Swift. 
  c  Properly,  the  space  in  the  after  part  of  a  vessel, 
  under  the  cabin,  but  used  generally  to  indicate  any 
  part  of  a  vessel  having  the  poorest  accommodations  and 
  occupied  by  passengers  paying  the  lowest  rate  of  fare. 
 
  3.  Direction;  regulation;  management;  guidance. 
 
  He  that  hath  the  steerage  of  my  course.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  That  by  which  a  course  is  directed.  [R.] 
 
  Here  he  hung  on  high,  The  steerage  of  his  wings. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  {Steerage  passenger},  a  passenger  who  takes  passage  in  the 
  steerage  of  a  vessel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  steerage 
  n  1:  the  cheapest  accommodations  on  a  passenger  ship 
  2:  the  act  of  steering  a  ship  [syn:  {steering}] 




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