Helm

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.

   “Nor is this vveather rare about the Æquinoctiall; by Mariners termed the Tornadoes: and tis ſo vncertaine, that novv you ſhall haue a quiet breath and gale, and ſuddenly an vnexpected violent guſt, and ſtorme, ſo fierce, that many times the ſhips vvill feele no helme.”

2. isim The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
3. isim The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
4. isim Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.

   “A great axe first she gave, that two ways cut, / In which a fair well-polish'd helm was put, / That from an olive bough receiv'd his frame.”

5. isim A position of control or leadership.

   “the helm of the Commonwealth”

6. isim One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.

   “[Y]ou ſlander / The Helmes o'th State: vvho care for you like Fathers, / VVhen you curſe them, as Enemies.”

7. fiil To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).

   “[A] wild wave in the wild North-sea, / […] overbears the bark, / And him that helms it, […]”

8. fiil To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).

   “Ile ſtriue to be nor great nor ſmale, / To liue nor die, fate helmeth all, / VVhen I can breath no longer, then, / Heauen take all, there put Amen.”

9. isim A helmet.

   “Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, / Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes / Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, / In euery part exceding braue and rich.”

10. isim Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
11. isim A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
12. isim A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.

    “Then ancient Skiddaw, stern and proud, / In sullen majesty replying, / Thus spake from out of his helm of cloud […]”

13. isim The crown or top of something.
14. isim The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.

    “The Dragons teeth, Mercurie ſublimate, / That keepes the vvhiteneſſe, hardneſſe and the biting; / And they are gather’d, into Iaſon’s helme, / (Th’Alembeke) and then ſovv’d in Mars his field, / And, thence, ſublim’d ſo often, till they are fix’d.”

15. fiil To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.

    “Oh Noble Conon, / You taught my tender Hands the Trade of VVar; / And novv again you Helm your hoary Head, / And under double vveight of Age and Arms, / Aſſert your Countries Freedom, and my Crovvn.”

16. isim A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
17. isim Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
18. isim Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)

    “The Italians, and Spaniards, call it Sparto, and the ſecond ſort Albardi, The Dutch Halm. And vve in Engliſh, Helme, and Matvveede, but the people all along the Coaſts of Norfolke and Suffolke, call it Marram, and may be called Sea Ruſhes as vvell.”

19. fiil To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
20. özel isim The wind that blows westward from the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar; it is the only named wind in the British Isles.
21. özel isim A surname.
22. özel isim An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States.
23. özel isim An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
24. özel isim An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.