Yaw

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

II. Yaw ·noun A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

III. Yaw ·vi & ·vt 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.

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