YAWL

yawl, dandy

(noun) a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

yawl

(noun) a ship’s small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)

howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup

(verb) emit long loud cries; “wail in self-pity”; “howl with sorrow”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

yawl (plural yawls)

A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

Etymology 2

Verb

yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

To cry out; to howl.

Anagrams

• waly, wyla

Source: Wiktionary


Yawl, n. Etym: [D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw. julle. Cf. Jolly-boat.] (Naut.)

Definition: A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. [Written also yaul.]

Yawl, v. i. Etym: [OE. ýaulen, ýoulen, gaulen, goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.]

Definition: To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. Tennyson. There howling Scyllas yawling round about. Fairfax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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