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Webster 1913 Edition

Yawl

Yawl

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
ȝaulen
,
ȝoulen
,
gaulen
,
goulen
, Icel.
gaula
to low, bellow. Cf.
Gowl
.]
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Tennyson.
There howling Scyllas
yawling
round about.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yawl

YAWL

,
Noun.
A small ships boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

YAWL

,
Verb.
I.
To cry out. [See Yell.]

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