YAWL

sailing vessel, usually fore-and-aft rigged, with a large mainmast forward. It carries a mainsail and jibs and a much smaller mizzenmast abaft the rudder post. In the United States yawls are in wide use as yachts.

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books on: Yawl  - 357 results

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Chopsticks Only Work in Pairs: Gender Unity and Gender Equality among the Lahu of Southwest China
Book by Shanshan Du; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Equality--China--Yunnan Sheng, Lahu (Asian People)--Kinship, Lahu (Asian People)--Marriage Customs And Rites, Lahu (Asian People)--Social Conditions, Marriage--China--Yunnan Sheng, Sex Role--China--Yunnan Sheng, Women's Rights--China--Yunnan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (China)--Social Life And Customs
...prior to the existence of the universe Cal Yawl 1989:1 : A long time ago/There was no...during the entire process of creation Cal Yawl 1989:15 16 : There was no sun/Day was...versions of Lahu creation myths e.g., Cal Yawl 1989:10 11; Sanit 1974:146; Walker 1995...
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Collected Stories of William Faulkner
Book by William Faulkner; Random House, 1950
Subjects: Fiction
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The American Mind: Selections from the Literature of the United States - Vol. 2
Book by Harry R. Warfel, Ralph H. Gabriel, Stanley T. Williams; American Book, 1937
Subjects: American Literature
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Life on the Mississippi
Book by Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Harper & Brothers, 1917
Subjects: Mississippi River Valley--Social Life And Customs, Mississippi River--Description And Travel
...All visiting pilots were useful, for they were always ready and willing, winter or summer, night or day, to go out in the yawl and help buoy the channel or assist the boat's pilots in any way they could. They were likewise welcomed because all pilots...
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Rise and Fall of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Senator Williamson S. Oldham, CSA
Book by Williamson S. Oldham, Clayton E. Jewett; University of Missouri Press, 2006
Subjects: Confederate States Of America--Army--History, Confederate States Of America--Congress--Senate--Biography, Confederate States Of America--Politics And Government, Legislators--Confederate States Of America--Biography, Oldham, Williamson Simpson--1813-1868, Oldham, Williamson Simpson--1813-1868--Travel--Southern States, Southern States--Description And Travel, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
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journal articles on: Yawl  - 8 results

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'Dare the Boist'rous Main': The Role of the Belfast News Letter in the Process of Emigration from Ulster to North America, 1760-1800
Journal article by Stephen A. Royle, Caitriona Ni Laoire; The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 50, 2006
Subjects: Canada--Natural history, Emigration and immigration--Evaluation, Emigration and immigration--History, North America--Emigration and immigration, Ulster--Emigration and immigration
...boats ... 13 in the long boat, and 4 to the yawl, being all they could hold...of the era carried just a longboat and a yawl, which were the province of the crew; they...survivors told of losing contact with the yawl and of their assumption that Providence...
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Commodity and Commonwealth in Gammer Gurton's Needle
Journal article by Curtis Perry; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 42, 2002
Subjects: Commodities--Portrayals, depictions, etc., English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, Gammer Gurton's Needle (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...My guts they yawl, crawl, and all my belly rumbleth; The puddings...supper. And there is a kind of playfulness to the language ("yawl, crawl, and all") which reinforces the comic feel. But it seems...
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The Indivisibility of Self, Mind, and Intelligence
Journal article by Thomas Roeper; Roeper Review, Vol. 20, 1998
Subjects: Intellect--Moral and ethical aspects, Research--Moral and ethical aspects, Self--Moral and ethical aspects
...style can seem to define authority. We have to make the effort to see that someone with a strong Southern accent, who often says "yawl", really is excellent in mathematics. The best protection against a personality cult is seeking diversity in every social realm...
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Get Your Tongue out of My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissin' You Goodbye: The Politics of Ideas
Journal article by Kenneth J. Meier; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 32, 2004
Subjects: Administration of criminal justice--Analysis, Country music--Political aspects, Criminal justice, Administration of--Analysis
...raisin, and an eighth grade education, aint no need yawl to treat me this a way. (1993) Bureaucratic Policies Some policies...
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Ignoring Jim Crow: The Turbulent Appointment of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers
Journal article by David Wright, David Zoby; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 80, 1995
Subjects: African Americans--Social aspects, Etheridge, Richard--Conduct of life, Lifeguards--Social aspects, Outer Banks--Social aspects, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Technique
...Then he did all that he could do: he waited. The waves continued to pound the ship; she would go to pieces soon. Since the yawl boat had been lost to the storm, the crew would have to swim for shore if help did not arrive. The chances of reaching the beach...
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magazine articles on: Yawl  - 9 results

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The Peculiar Paternity of Black English
Magazine article by Walter Williams; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, December 18, 1995
Subjects: African Americans--Languages, Black English--History, Speech and social status--Analysis
...peculiar paternity of black English by Walter Williams Yawl might axin me why Ah be writin dis way. Yawl might tink ma fambly didnt gib me a gud upbringin. Yawl might say Ah be a no-count, woebegone yaller dawg fit for nothin but...
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Armchair Adventures
Magazine article by James Panero; New Criterion, Vol. 22, February 2004
...produced in the same way but of solid color--an abstract colorfield forming a sky and foil to its more pictorial counterpart. Catch, Yawl, Schooner, Sloop: Zucker knows his boats as well as he knows form. The diagrammatic impulse from the drawings carries through...
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Aweigh: A Master and Commander Decides, after a Lifetime on the Water, That He Will No Longer Go Down to the Sea
Magazine article by William F. Buckley Jr.; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 294, July 2004
Subjects: Sailboat racing--Appreciation, Sailboat racing--Personal narratives, Sailboats--Collections and collecting, Sailing--Appreciation, Sailing--Personal narratives, Sailors--Personal narratives, Yacht racing--Appreciation, Yacht racing--Personal narratives
...owners tend to upgrade, and I now had the insurance money. I very quickly bought, sight unseen, a forty-foot Sparkman Stephens yawl of illustrious design (Nevins 40) from its four owners in Miami. It was offered with a piquant story. The sailors had served...
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Pop Art: John Harris on the Stone Roses Guitarist Who Is Making a Splash as a Painter
Magazine article by John Harris; New Statesman, Vol. 133, February 9, 2004
Subjects: Musicians--Analysis, Musicians--Biography, Musicians--Performances, Musicians--Works, Squire, John--Analysis, Squire, John--Biography, Squire, John--Performances, Squire, John--Works
...something disturbing about some of the characters," Squire has said. The result is a cycle of songs with such unlikely titles as "Yawl", "Riding a Swell", "Cape Cod Morning" and "Lighthouse and Buildings, Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, Maine". The release of...
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Arthur Dove
Magazine article by Peter Plagens; Artforum International, Vol. 36, April 1998
Subjects: Dove, Arthur--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions
...Torr (the name for a female welterweight champ if there ever were one). Dove and Torr set up housekeeping on a forty-two-foot yawl called Mona (the name for an artists boat if there ever were one) and lived off-land for seven years. After that, Mr. and Mrs...
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Time Out
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 4, 2008
...shows three youngsters braving the cold to watch the Cullercoats RNLB Westmorl and leave to assist in the search for a Sunderland yawl that was later found by the Sunderland lifeboat ... guess the year? Does the photograph bring back any memories for you. If so...
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An Ocean Odyssey Starring Pirates
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 3, 2006
...it must have whet my taste for salty stuff, because days later I took to a book for its cover: the seascape showing a little yawl with red sails reaching off a rocky shore (and a Deaths Head lurking in the storm clouds). Captivated, my imagination bound hand-and-foot...
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Eiri Na Greine, Oysterbed Pier, Sneem, Co. Kerry; IRISH DAILY Mirror PROPERTY IRELAND HOME OF THE WEEK PRICE REGION: Pounds 1,300, 000
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 20, 2008
...yachting location. Owners of yachts have the possibility to moor their boats in the sheltered bay and reach the property with a yawl easily through its own entrance to the bay and the solid pier belonging to the estate. The leveled condition of Eiri na Greine...
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Weekender: Travel: Pictures Paint a Thousand Words; VANESSA O'LOUGHLIN BRUSHES UP ON ACHILL
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 13, 2004
...breakfast we headed to the ODalaigh School of Painting and Danlann Yawl Art Gallery tucked away in a sheltered sea inlet on the main...Meal E99pps Open throughout Christmas and New Year. Danlann Yawl Art Gallery amp; Apartments Achill Co Mayo 098 36137 www...
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Weekender: Northern Ireland Travel: Pictures Paint a Thousand Words; VANESSA O'LOUGHLIN BRUSHES UP ON ACHILL
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 13, 2004
...breakfast we headed to the ODalaigh School of Painting and Danlann Yawl Art Gallery tucked away in a sheltered sea inlet on the main...Meal E99pps Open throughout Christmas and New Year. Danlann Yawl Art Gallery amp; Apartments Achill Co Mayo 00353 (0) 98...
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encyclopedia articles on: Yawl  - 1 result

 
 
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Yawl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
YAWL sailing vessel, usually fore-and-aft rigged, with a large mainmast forward. It carries a mainsail and jibs and a much smaller...


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