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YACHT to YOKE
YACHT
YARD
To brace the YARDS
To square the YARDS
DOCK-YARD
YAW
YAWL
YEOMAN
YOKE


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YAW

YAW, a name given by seamen to the movement by which a ship deviates from the line of her course towards the right or left in steering.


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