pilot
/ˈpaɪ̯.lət/ adjective C2- Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. · a pilot run of the new factory· The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
- Used to control or activate another device. · a pilot light
- Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination. · a pilot vehicle
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“Ah, your excellency,” murmured the pilot, “you should not have done so; our master will scold us for it.”
When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship’s bulwarks.
Dantès continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manœuvre was completed, and then he added, “Half-mast the colors, and square the yards!”
I gave the custom-house officers a copy of our bill of lading; and as to the other papers, they sent a man off with the pilot, to whom I gave them.”
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