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yawl
noun
- Archaic a ship's boat; jolly boat
- a small, two-masted sailing vessel similar to a ketch but with the mizzenmast located aft of the rudderpost
intransitive verb, noun
Brit., Dialectal yowl
See yawl in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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