Yawed vs Hawed - What's the difference?
yawed | hawed |
(yaw)
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.
An act of yawing.
(nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
(aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
(nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
(nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
* Lowell
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
(haw)
An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or tripled (haw haw'' or ''haw haw haw ).
An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
* Congreve
To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw ; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left.
(of an animal) To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
To cause (an animal) to turn left.
As verbs the difference between yawed and hawed
is that yawed is past tense of yaw while hawed is past tense of haw.yawed
English
Verb
(head)yaw
English
Noun
(wikipedia yaw) (en noun)- the yaw of an aircraft
See also
* heading * pitch * roll * surge * scendVerb
(en verb)- Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question.
Anagrams
*hawed
English
Verb
(head)haw
English
Etymology 1
ImitativeInterjection
(en interjection)- You think that song was good? Haw!
- Hums or haws .
Usage notes
* (an imitation of laughter) In the US, the spelling haw is rare, with (ha) being more common.Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* hum and haw, hem and hawEtymology 2
(etyl) hawe, from (etyl) ).Etymology 3
UnknownInterjection
(en interjection)Verb
(en verb)- This horse won't haw when I tell him to.
- You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.