Definition of "conn"

conn

/kɑn/

noun
plural conns
1. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
verb
third-person singular simple present conns, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned
1. (transitive) To 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).
  Quotations
  “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