Part 5218

<i>Usher.</i>

<h1>Hellish</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hell"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to hell; like hell; infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical.</def> "<i>Hellish</i> hate." <i>Milton</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Hell"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Hell"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hellkite</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hell"kite`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kite of infernal breed.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hello</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hel*lo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Halloo</er>.</def>

<h1>Hellward</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hell"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Toward hell.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Helly</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Hell"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hell\'c6c</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hellish.</def>

<i>Anderson (1573).</i>

<h1>Helm</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Helm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Haulm</er>, straw.</def>

<h1>Helm</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Helm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>helme</ets>, AS. <ets>helma</ets> rudder; akin to D. & G. <ets>helm</ets>, Icel. <ets>hj\'belm</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>helve</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The place or office of direction or administration.</def> "The <i>helm</i> of the Commonwealth."

<i>Melmoth.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>helms</b> o' the State, who care for you like fathers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Helve</er>.]</ety> <def>A helve.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<cs><col>Helm amidships</col>, <cd>when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane.</cd> -- <col>Helm aport</col>, <cd>when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship.</cd> -- <col>Helm astarboard</col>, <cd>when the tiller is borne to the starboard side.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Helm alee</col>, <col>Helm aweather</col></mcol>, <cd>when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Helm hard alee</col> &or; <col>hard aport</col>, <col>hard astarboard</col></mcol>, etc., <cd>when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.</cd> -- <col>Helm port</col>, <cd>the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes.</cd> -- <col>Helm down</col>, <cd>helm alee.</cd> -- <col>Helm up</col>, <cd>helm aweather.</cd> -- <col>To ease the helm</col>, <cd>to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder.</cd> -- <col>To feel the helm</col>, <cd>to obey it.</cd> -- <col>To right the helm</col>, <cd>to put it amidships.</cd> -- <col>To shift the helm</col>, <cd>to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel.</cd></cs>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Helm</h1> <Xpage=683>

<hw>Helm</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Helmed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Helming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To steer; to guide; to direct.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>