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yawl

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yawl  (yôl)
n.
1. A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy.
2. A ship's small boat, crewed by rowers.
[Dutch jol, possibly from Low German jolle.]
yawl
Noun
1. a two-masted sailing boat
2. a ship's small boat [Dutch jol or Middle Low German jolle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.yawlyawl - a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
jolly boat, jolly - a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
small boat - a boat that is small
2.yawlyawl - a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
dandy
sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
Verb1.yawlyawl - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
howl, ululate, wail, yaup, roar
cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
squall, waul, wawl - make high-pitched, whiney noises


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About two dozen men flocked down when they see the yawl a-coming, and when the king says:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
They took leave of their comrades and started off on their several courses with stout hearts and cheerful countenances; though these lonely cruisings into a wild and hostile wilderness seem to the uninitiated equivalent to being cast adrift in the ship's yawl in the midst of the ocean.
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“I’ve often heard of that Bay of State,” said Benjamin, “but can’t say that I’ve ever been in it, nor do I know exactly whereaway it is that it lays; but I suppose there is good anchorage in it, and that it’s no bad place for the taking of ling; but for size it can’t be so much as a yawl to a sloop of war compared with the Bay of Biscay, or, mayhap, Torbay.
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