PILOT

I. noun see: foot Date: 1530 1. one employed to steer a ship ; helmsman , a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters, a person who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft, guide , leader , cowcatcher , a piece that guides a tool or machine part, a television show produced and filmed or taped as a sample of a proposed series, ~ light 2, ~less adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1649 to act as a guide to ; lead or conduct over a usually difficult course, 2. to set and conn the course of , to act as ~ of , see: guide III. adjective Date: 1802 serving as a guiding or tracing device, an activating or auxiliary unit, or a trial apparatus or operation