and leave vessels. — Pilot bread, ship biscuit. — Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.
— Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear. — Pilot
fish. (Zoöl) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); — so named because it is often seen in
company with a shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot
to the shark. (b) The rudder fish — Pilot jack, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot. —
Pilot jacket, a pea jacket. — Pilot nut (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the
threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. Waddell. —
Pilot snake (Zoöl.) (a) A large North American snake It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of
the scales. Called also mountain black snake. (b) The pine snake. — Pilot whale. (Zoöl.) Same as
Blackfish, 1.
Pilot
(Pi"lot), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Piloting.] [Cf. F. piloter.]
1. To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
2. Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties. "The art of piloting a state." Berkeley.
Pilotage
(Pi"lot*age) n. [Cf. F. pilotage.]
1. The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
3. Guidance, as by a pilot. Sir W. Scott.
Pilotism
(Pi"lot*ism Pi"lot*ry) n. Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. [R.]
Pilour
(Pil"our) n. A piller; a plunderer. [Obs.]
Pilous
(Pil"ous) a. See Pilose.
Pilser
(Pil"ser) n. An insect that flies into a flame.
Pilular
(Pil"u*lar) a. Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass.
Pilulous
(Pil"u*lous) a. [L. pilula a pill. See Pill.] Like a pill; small; insignificant. [R.] G. Eliot.
Pilwe
(Pil"we) n. A pillow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pily
(Pi"ly) a. (Zoöl.) Like pile or wool.
Pimaric
(Pi*mar"ic) a. [NL. pinum maritima, an old name for P. Pinaster, a pine which yields galipot.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.
Pimelic
(Pi*mel"ic) a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain
fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids. (b) Designating
the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.
Pimelite
(Pim"e*lite) n. (Min.) An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of
nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.
Piment
(Pi"ment) n. [F. See Pimento.] Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3. [Obs.]
Pimenta
(Pi*men"ta) n. (Bot.) Same as Pimento.
