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noun

yawl n.

(Naut.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. (Written also yaul)

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.

verb

Yawl v. i. To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. "There howling Scyllas yawling round about."

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Etymology of 'Yawl'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Cape Cod Stories - The Old Home House • Joseph C. Lincoln

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