What does "yawl" mean?
Yawl: A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. [Written also yaul.]
Additional senses
- 2.To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. Tennyson. There howling Scyllas yawling round about. Fairfax.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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