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Webster 1913 Edition
Yaw
Yaw
(ya̤)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Yawed
(ya̤d)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Yawing
.] [Cf. ]
Yew
, Verb.
I.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
Yaw
,Verb.
I.
& T.
[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.)
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
,Noun.
(Naut.)
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
Webster 1828 Edition
Yaw
YAW
,Noun.
YAW
,Verb.
I.
1.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the sugar works. [See Yew.]2.
In navigation, to deviate from the line of her course, as a ship.