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yawing

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yawing [′yȯ·iŋ]
(mechanics)
yaw


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No word was spoken, but at once the yacht began a most astonishing performance, veering and yawing as though the greenest of amateurs was at the wheel.
The wind was steady, and as we ran before it there was no yawing.
The man at the wheel had forsaken it in a funk, and Captain Davenport had leaped and caught the spokes in time to prevent the ship from yawing in the current and going ashore.
 
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