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Gape :: Gape (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.

Kyaw :: Kyaw (n.) A daw.

Yawl-rigged :: Yawl-rigged (a.) Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix..

Yaw :: Yaw (v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works..

Yawp :: Yawp (v. & n.) See Yaup.

Oscitancy :: Oscitancy (n.) The act of gaping or yawning.

Gape :: Gape (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn.

Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate..

Yawl :: Yawl (v. i.) To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.

Sibbens :: Sibbens (n.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch..

Oscitant :: Oscitant (a.) Yawning; gaping.

Yaws :: Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws..

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches..

Yaul :: Yaul (n.) See Yawl.

Yawn :: Yawn (n.) An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open..

Chaos :: Chaos (n.) An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm..

Yaw :: Yaw (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

Jawn :: Jawn (v. i.) See Yawn.

Mizzenmast :: Mizzenmast (n.) The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel..

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