Meaning of Helm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   countable, transitive
2. 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.
3. A surname.
   countable
4. The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
5. A helmet.
   archaic, poetic, transitive
6. Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”).
   transitive
7. A placename, from the surname:
   countable, uncountable
8. An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
   broadly
10. A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
    Northern-England, broadly, transitive
11. Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
    obsolete, transitive, uncountable
12. An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
    countable, uncountable
13. The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
    broadly
14. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
    broadly, transitive
15. An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.
    countable, uncountable
16. Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
    broadly
17. The crown or top of something.
    broadly, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
18. A position of control or leadership.
    figuratively
19. The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
    broadly, obsolete, transitive
20. One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Ye this is both helme & stern of al together: & that which they contended right sore to impugn, but loue of the truth, wherwith in this poynte I reckened me wel fēsed, wold not suffer me to apply & yeld to their wil, thinking, quod sanctū erat veritatē preferre amicitiæ, that the truth ought to be preferred before al frendship & amitye, & also, Si dextra manus scandalizet deberet prescidi & abijci.”

“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.”

“Fair laughs the Morn, and ſoft the Zephyr blovvs, / VVhile proudly riding o'er the azure realm / In gallant trim the gilded Veſſel goes; / Youth on the provv, and Pleaſure at the helm; […]”

“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.”

“the helm of the Commonwealth”

“Biſhop [William] Laud of London is alſo povverful in his VVay, for he ſits at the Helm of the Church, and doth more than any of the tvvo Archbiſhops, or all the reſt of his tvvo and tvventy Brethren beſides.”

“[Avram] Grant will be desperate to finish the job of getting West Ham to their first Wembley cup final in 30 years when they meet Birmingham in the second leg at St Andrews on 26 January; though arguably of more pressing concern is whether he will still be at the helm for Saturday's Premier League encounter with Arsenal.”

“But although Altman is now back at the helm, OpenAI's new board has yet to offer a public explanation of what exactly went wrong, or set out what changes it will make to ensure the company is not derailed from its core mission of making computer intelligence safe for humanity. The world is waiting.”

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

“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.”

“O're Shields and Helmes, and helmed heads he rode / Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim proſtrate, / That vviſh'd the Mountains novv might be again / Throvvn on them as a ſhelter from his ire.”

“The maſſy golden Helm ſhe next aſſumes, / That dreadful nods vvith four o'erſhading Plumes; / So vaſt, the broad Circumference contains / A hundred Armies on a hundred Plains.”

“From 'neath his gilded helm his golden hair / Fell waving down, but hidden were his eyes / By the wide brim: […]”

“"A fearful apparition," murmured Norman of Torn. "No wonder he keeps his helm closed."”

“The ordered system of symbols which we know as heraldry came into being in the twelfth century to meet a military need. These symbols were emblazoned on shields, surcoats and fighting flags, and served as an invaluable means of identification when the features were obscured by the great helm.”

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

“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.”

“The sheriff, John Griffith, had prepared green wood to burn him; but one master John Pikes, pitying the man, caused divers to go with him to Ridland, half a mile off, who brought good store of helme-sheaves, which indeed made good dispatch with little pain, in comparison to that he should have suffered with the green wood.”

“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.”

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