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
Origin uncertain.
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.
• parangi
Inflected forms.
yaws
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yaw
yaws
plural of yaw
• -ways, Sway, sway, ways
Yaws
plural of Yaw
• -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, 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
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
