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Yaw  v. i. & v. t.  (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."





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"Yaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... will; but it was of no use, the wreck would not obey the helm, and the corvette hovered about, firing broadsides, and sending in discharges of musketry, when and where she liked. It was only when the commodore saw clearly that there was neither mast nor sail enough to yaw the ship, that he waved his cocked hat ...
— Willis the Pilot • Paul Adrien


Words linked to "Yaw" :   turn, slew, sheer, gape, veer, turning, hunt, curve, deviate, divert, yawn, swerve, be, cut


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