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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? fredw #198744 04/03/11 09:33 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If you imagine a ship with the x-axis running the length of the ship, the y-axis horizontally athwart-ships, and the z-axis up and down, rotation about the x-axis is called roll, rotation about the y-axis is pitch, and rotation about the z-axis yaw. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? fredw 04/02/11 07:32 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/02/11 10:06 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Tromboniator 04/02/11 10:10 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/02/11 10:21 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? LukeJavan8 04/02/11 02:58 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Candy 04/03/11 11:27 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/03/11 09:33 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? LukeJavan8 04/03/11 09:52 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Jackie 04/04/11 02:47 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? tsuwm 04/04/11 03:15 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Jackie 04/05/11 02:21 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/03/11 11:18 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? LukeJavan8 04/04/11 02:27 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 820 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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