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yawl
(encz) | yawl,jola n: [lod.] člun web |
yawl
(gcide) | yawl \yawl\ (y[add]l), n. [D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw.
julle. Cf. Jolly-boat.]
1. (Naut.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six
oars. [Written also yaul.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast
carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast
and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop,
and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually
placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post. The
mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than
that of a sloop.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +RDH] |
Yawl
(gcide) | Yawl \Yawl\, v. i. [OE. [yogh]aulen, [yogh]oulen, gaulen,
goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.]
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
There howling Scyllas yawling round about. --Fairfax.
[1913 Webster] |
yawl
(wn) | yawl
n 1: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
2: a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the
rudderpost [syn: yawl, dandy]
v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl,
yaup] |
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yawl
(encz) | yawl,jola n: [lod.] člun web |
yawl
(gcide) | yawl \yawl\ (y[add]l), n. [D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw.
julle. Cf. Jolly-boat.]
1. (Naut.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six
oars. [Written also yaul.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast
carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast
and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop,
and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually
placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post. The
mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than
that of a sloop.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +RDH]Yawl \Yawl\, v. i. [OE. [yogh]aulen, [yogh]oulen, gaulen,
goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.]
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
There howling Scyllas yawling round about. --Fairfax.
[1913 Webster] |
Yawl-rigged
(gcide) | Yawl-rigged \Yawl"-rigged"\, a. (Naut.)
Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from
a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped
as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster] |
yawl
(wn) | yawl
n 1: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
2: a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the
rudderpost [syn: yawl, dandy]
v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl,
yaup] |
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