Yaw

Yaw - Other Definitions

• (v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
  
  
• (v. i. & t.) 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.
  
  
• (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
  
  
• (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.