conn

plural conns · alternative con

1. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."

   The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when he reached the bridge.

present singular third person conns · participle present conning · participle past conned · past conned · alternative con

1. transitiveTo direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).

   The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor.

   1 more example

   “Ay,” says I, “you’ll allow me to steer, that is, hold the helm, but you’ll conn the ship, as they call it; that is, as at sea, a boy serves to stand at the helm, but he that gives him the orders is pilot.”

   1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress, chapter 8

1. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Connecticut.