YAWS

yaws, frambesia, framboesia

(noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

yaws (uncountable)

(disease) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.

Synonyms

• parangi

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

yaws

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yaw

Noun

yaws

plural of yaw

Anagrams

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways

Proper noun

Yaws

plural of Yaw

Anagrams

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways

Source: Wiktionary


Yaws, n. Etym: [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.)

Definition: A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab- yaws.

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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