Category:Yaw

Yaw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Yawing.] Etym: [cf. Yew, v. i.]

Defn: to rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in The clarifiers in sugar works.

Yaw 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.)

Defn: 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 Yaw, n. (naut.)

Defn: a movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her Course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.