sheer
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From 66 U.S. 62 - The Steamer New Philadelphia · 1861Most cited · 19 citing opinions
Sheer, in nautical meaning, is a deviation from the line of the course in which a vessel should be steered, and though it may occur from causes unpreventable by the most skilful seamanship, it more frequently happens from an unsteady helmsman