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Pilotage

noun

The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. Synonyms: navigation, piloting.

The occupation of a pilot. Synonym: piloting.

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"Pilotage" Quotes from Famous Books

... brings with it much interest and little anxiety. Few of us can command this. Most men's work is largely determined for them by circumstances, though in the guidance of life there are many alternatives and much room for skilful pilotage. But the first great rule is that we must do something—that life must have a purpose and an aim—that work should be not merely occasional and spasmodic, but steady and continuous. Pleasure is a jewel which will only retain its lustre when it is in a setting of work, and a vacant life is one ...

— The Map of Life - Conduct and Character • William Edward Hartpole Lecky

... the pilot nor he himself knew exactly where they now were. That is a bad condition for a great ship to be in at any time, and especially when it was drawing so near a coast which calls for good seamanship and skilful pilotage in the best ...

— Dab Kinzer - A Story of a Growing Boy • William O. Stoddard

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