Yaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Yaw	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Yaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yaw n an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw, swerve] v be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw] deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaw \Yaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yawing}.] [Cf. {Yew}, v. i.] To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaw \Yaw\, v. i. & t. [Cf. Prov. G. gagen to rock, gageln to totter, shake, Norw. gaga to bend backward, Icel. gagr bent back, gaga to throw the neck back.] (Naut.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaw \Yaw\, n. (Naut.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.