steering

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STEERING, participle present tense Directing and governing in a course, as a ship; guiding; conducting. STEERING, noun The act or art of directing and governing a ship or other vessel in her course; the act of guiding or managing.
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