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yaw

yaw is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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