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yawl

UK/jɔːl/ US/jɔl/ uncommon
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a ship''s small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)

2.

a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

verb

1.

emit long loud cries

  • “wail in self-pity”
  • “howl with sorrow”
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Origin

Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

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