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steerageway
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Definition:(nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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He knew, even better than Rose, that thier lives depended on the propeller giving them steerageway.
Cecil Scott Forester. The African Queen, p.66 (1935)
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At any risk, we put the boat's head direct for the landing-place. By this time we had got so far out of the run of the current that we kept steerage way even at our necessarily gentle rate of rowing, and I could keep her steady for the goal.
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1882)
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At this time our steerage-way was almost gone; and yet, in giving his orders, the passionate old man made as much fuss as a white squall aboard the Flying Dutchman.
Herman Melville. Omoo
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