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 Ease v. t. &  i. [imp. & p. p. Eased p. pr. & vb. n. Easing.]
 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind.
 Eased [from] the putting off
 These troublesome disguises which we wear.   --Milton.
    Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.   --Dryden.
 2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
    My couch shall ease my complaint.   --Job vii. 13.
 3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.
 4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
 To ease off, To ease away Naut., to slacken a rope gradually.
 To ease a ship Naut., to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
 To ease the helm Naut., to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope.
 Syn: -- To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
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 Helm n.
 1. Naut. The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone.
 2. The place or office of direction or administration. “The helm of the Commonwealth.”
 3. One at the place of direction or control; a steersman; hence, a guide; a director.
    The helms o' the State, who care for you like fathers.   --Shak.
 4.  A helve. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
 Helm amidships, when the tiller, rudder, and keel are in the same plane.
 Helm aport, when the tiller is borne over to the port side of the ship.
 Helm astarboard, when the tiller is borne to the starboard side.
 Helm alee, Helm aweather, when the tiller is borne over to the lee or to the weather side.
 Helm hard alee, Helm hard aport, Helm hard astarboard, etc., when the tiller is borne over to the extreme limit.
 Helm port, the round hole in a vessel's counter through which the rudderstock passes.
 Helm down, helm alee.
 Helm up, helm aweather.
 To ease the helm, to let the tiller come more amidships, so as to lessen the strain on the rudder.
 To feel the helm, to obey it.
 To right the helm, to put it amidships.
 To shift the helm, to bear the tiller over to the corresponding position on the opposite side of the vessel.