yawling

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• yawling — 1) herring nets allowed to drift with the tide (Kentish dialect) 2) small herring (Clupea harengus) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Yawl — Yawl, v. i. [OE. [yogh]aulen, [yogh]oulen, gaulen, goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. {Gowl}.] To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] There howling Scyllas yawling round about. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English