Vocabulary : Yauper to Yawl-rigged

Yauper : One who, or that which, yaups.
Yaupon : A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.
Yautia : In Porto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.
Yaw : To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. ;; To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. ;; A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
Yawd : A jade; an old horse or mare.

Yawed : of Yaw
Yawi : A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with a mainmast stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs, with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post.
Yawing : of Yaw
Yawl : A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. ;; To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Yawl-rigged : 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.

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