4 entries under this word
n. [A-S. steór, Goth. stiur, O. H. Ger. stior, N. H. Ger. & O. Sax. stier, Skr. sthaurin, sthôrin; Gr. ταῦρος, Lat. taurus, It. & Sp. toro, Pg. touro, Icel. thior, Sw. tjur, Dan. tyr, Slav. tour, Bohem. & Pol. tur, Ir. & Gael. tarbh, W. tarw, Armor. tarv, tarô.] A young male of the ox kind, or common ox; especially, a castrated taurine male from two to four years old.
[imp. & p. p. STEERED; p. pr. & vb. n. STEERING.] [A-S. steóran, stióran, styran, L. Ger. stüren, D. sturen, O. D. stieren, O. Sax. storian, O. Fries. stiora, stiura, Icel. & Sw. styra, Dan. styre, O. H. Ger. stiurjan, N. H. Ger. steuern, Goth. stiurjan, to establish.] To control the career of; to direct; to guide; to govern; — applied especially to a vessel in the water. “That with a staff his feeble steps did steer.” Spenser.
Sense 1. To direct and govern a ship or other vessel in its course; to direct one’s course.
A ship . . . where the wind Veers oft, as oft so steers and shifts her sail. Milton.
Sense 2. To be directed and governed; as, a ship steers with ease.
Like some ill-destined bark that steers In silence through the Gate of Tears. T. Moore.
Sense 3. To conduct one’s self; to take or pursue a course or way. Johnson.
n. [A-S. steór, stiór, L. Ger. stür, D. stuur, Icel. styri, Sw. & Dan. styre, N. H. Ger. steuer.] A rudder or helm. [Obs.]