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1. (n.) yawl
a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.
2. yawl
a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost.
Etymology: (1660–70; < D jol)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) yawl
a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
2. (verb) yawl, dandy
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
3. (verb) howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup
emit long loud cries
"wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) yawl
a small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars
2. (verb) yawl
to cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell
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