yawl, yaul

[Dut.jol=a yaw i, a skiff; cogn. with Dan. jolle Sw. julle a yawl. "The Dan. jolle has been corrupted into English jolly - boat." ( Skeat ); Icel. jul a.] Nautical : To growl or snarl as a dog. "Dogs "The yawl , however, was immediately manned and sent to her a istance."-Cook: First Voyage , bk. i., ch. ii. yawl, *yaule, *yole, *goule, *youle, v.i. [Icel. gaula to howl, bellow; Norw. gaula to bellow, low, roar. Allied to yell .] To howl, to cry out, to yell. "Three howling Scillas yawling round about." Fuirefax: Godfrey of Boulogne, iv. 5.