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direction

n. [L. directio: cf. F. direction.]1. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o public affairs or of a bank. ()

I do commit his youth To your direction. (Shak.)

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; ll chance, direction, which thou canst not see. (Pope.)

2. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. ()

The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. (Numb. xxi. 18.)

3. The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter. ()

4. The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction. ()

5. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors. ()

6. (Gun.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. (Wilhelm.)

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