(n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or
ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as,
the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
(n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or
authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave
directions to the servants.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise;
board of directors.
(n.) 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.
