YAWING

Verb

yawing

present participle of yaw

Anagrams

• waying

Source: Wiktionary


YAW

Yaw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Yawing.] Etym: [Cf. Yew, v. i.]

Definition: To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

Yaw, v. i. & t. Etym: [Cf. Prov. G. gagen to rock, gageln to totter, shake, Norw. gaga to bend backward, Icel. gagr bent back, gaga to throw the neck back.] (Naut.)

Definition: To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question. Lowell.

Yaw, n. (Naut.)

Definition: A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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