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Y YACHT to YOKE YACHT YARD To brace the YARDS To square the YARDS DOCK-YARD YAW YAWL YEOMAN YOKE Search Contact us ![]() |
YAWYAW, 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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